The LBI Consolidated Board of Education voted 8-1 Jan. 26 to approve multiple resolutions that pave the way for the sale of the LBI Grade School while preparing for the merger of district staff and students into the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School before the 2022-23 academic year begins. The single vote was an abstention.

The first resolution authorizes Sciarrillo, Cornell, Merlino, McKeever and Osborne LLC, the district’s legal firm, “to begin the process of obtaining New Jersey Department…