If – and that’s a big if – the Pinelands Regional School District consolidates with the Bass River, Eagleswood, Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton districts to create one giant K-12 district, it wouldn’t happen until at least the beginning of the 2024-25 school year.

That was the most solid news that came out of a special virtual meeting of the Pinelands Regional Board of Education on April 21.