To the Editor:
Two Long Beach Island Consolidated District bond questions will be voted on in a special election on Sept. 26. The board of education is asking voters to approve $18.4 million for renovations and an addition to the Ethel Jacobsen School.
The proposed project and cost is exorbitant by any measure: cost per square foot, cost per student, square foot per student. A good reference is “20th Annual Construction Report” written by Paul Abramson, published by School Planning and Management.
September 13, 2017
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