Mayors in three Island communities who oppose the LBI Consolidated Board of Education’s decision to sell the LBI Grade School to fund renovations to the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School are waiting to hear if the state’s chief education official will intervene after an overnight letter was sent last week requesting a meeting.

“Given the significance of this proposal, the amounts in question, the serious questions and evidence of mismanagement raised, and most importantly, the likely negative…