The Joint Council of Taxpayers Associations of Long Beach Island has done what some call the impossible: aggregated a school-by-school comparison of the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School and the LBI Grade School ahead of a $7.68 million referendum slated to go before voters in five Island communities next month.

The 11-page document, which can be found here, was amassed over time by members of the JCTA in an effort to address a need many in the community believe exists for voters to make an…