Dear Long Beach Island Taxpayers:

I would like to take this opportunity to respond to some inaccuracies in Terry Deakyne’s letter to the Long Beach Island Board of Education titled “School Consolidation Project Is Waste of Time and Money” (5/6).

Mr. Deakyne states, “It all started when teachers received a 4 percent salary increase, well above a 2 percent cap Gov. Christie mandated.” This statement is completely erroneous and misleading to the taxpayers.

May 13, 2015