In approving the 2021 Master Plan Reexamination Report, the Ship Bottom Land Use Board on March 17 reaffirmed the significance of sustaining the LBI Grade School as a venue for open space/recreation and the permitted use of the site’s P (public) district zoning designation.

Under municipal code, the permitted use of the land and buildings located in the P district is for “educational and recreational activities, including the operation of public and private day schools of elementary and/or high…