To the Editor:

As a member of the Surf City Land Use Board, I attended a presentation by Joseph Di Cara, LBI Board of Education architect, on Dec. 6, 2016. The meeting reviewed the proposed additions and renovations to the Ethel A. Jacobsen School in Surf City. Subsequent to that meeting, a copy of the school board-commissioned “Demographic Study Update of August 2016” was provided. The study used data from the five towns that are part of the LBI Consolidated School District.

The BOE demographic study used historical and projected student enrollment, as well as birth data from the New Jersey…

September 20, 2017