Efforts to come up with a consensus community vision for the future of Lawrence’s public elementary schools are moving closer to completion.

Members of the Lawrence Elementary School Facility Vision Task Force are scheduled to gather at 7 p.m. Monday at Lawrence school district headquarters, 110 McDonald Drive.

Their goal: come up with a plan that balances the district’s wants and needs — regarding maintenance and construction projects, financial efficiencies, operational goals and neighborhood interests — against potentially grim financial realities, ones district officials know will arise in the weeks and months ahead.

The Lawrence school board formed the task force back in May, after having cut $4.6 million from its budget for the coming year. Board members set the end of January as their deadline for receiving a report.