Long Beach Island Consolidated School District graduates and families as well as members of the local community are invited to visit the LBI Grade School from 5 to 7 p.m. next Monday, June 30, to tour the building prior to its demolition. The board of education sold the expansive property, at 201 West 20th St. in Ship Bottom, to architect and builder Michael Pagnotta, who plans to construct houses on the site.

CONSOLIDATING: The building is slated for demolition and will be replaced with homes, after the Board of Education sold the property to finance expansion of E. J. Elementary School. (Photo by Jack Reynolds)
The school was initially listed for sale in 2011, with the board stating that a feasibility study favored consolidating…
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