The Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education approved a motion last night to develop a plan to move all district students into one school, the LBI Grade School, by Sept. 1 of this year.

After a lengthy discussion, the board voted 6-4 to approve the motion introduced by freshman board member Eileen Bowker. Board President William Fenimore, Vice President Bonnie Picaro, Bowker, Georgene Hartmann, John McMenamin and James Donahower all voted yes on the motion.