MADISON, Wis. -- The largest cuts in the budget proposal outlined by Madison Superintendent Art Rainwater are through the consolidation of some schools in the city.

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Some parents whose children go to Lindberg Elementary School said that they're surprised Monday night to hear the superintendent is backing a plan that would close their school. They said that they had anticipated their school being taken off the district's chopping block, WISC-TV reported.

Many of the parents have been fighting to keep up with the information coming from the board, and now they're hoping the board will listen to their concerns.

Parent Jeffrey Lewis has had three children go to Lindbergh Elementary, but with a budget plan calling for the school's closing, he's worried about how it would affect all of the students there.

"The district has looked at this from a monetary standpoint, but never have they addressed how this is going to impact equity," said Lewis. "How will they maintain the opportunity that kids currently have in small schools?"

"Lindbergh is a small school, and the district doesn't seem to value small schools, though they are they best schools for our students," said Dena Peterson, Lindbergh PTA president.

The PTA will meet on Tuesday night for the first time since the idea was proposed, but a solution won't be found there, WISC-TV reported.

"Since the decision won't be made at the meeting, we'll probably just go business as usual because we have to plan for next year as if it's going to happen here," said Peterson.

Both Lewis and Peterson have been to the board hearings and said that they hope they can fight for their school with words.

"I think we continue to try to influence the board and to get the board to do two things, one to hear these concerns and then to really try to address how they are going to respond," said Lewis.

"What else can we do?" said Peterson. "We just say we disagree with it and hope they listen to us."

Parents on the northeast side who are concerned about these plans will have a chance to talk to the long range planning committee this week. The parents will discuss the plan at the Kennedy Heights Community Center on Thursday at 5 p.m.