The wait is over.

The Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 28, to unveil a $7.6 million bond proposal for renovations to the LBI Grade School as well as a consolidation plan for moving all staff and students into the Ship Bottom building at a future date.

It’s expected the board will also vote on a resolution to send those plans to the state Department of Education in preparation of a Dec.