Old and new came to a crossroad last week at two separate LBI Consolidated Board of Education sessions where community members took sides on whether the district’s plan to merge students and staff into one building next September is educationally sound. Classroom size is expected to temporarily reach maximum capacity for second-graders.

“I, along with many in our community, understand that difficult decisions often require trade-offs rather than perfect solutions,” said Megan Costello, a…