Since we just had a banging day of bowling surf, I’ll keep this bit short. I’ve followed the saga concerning the Long Beach Island Board of Education and the local discussion regarding the selling of the Long Beach Island Grade School from a distance. My kid’s not in school yet, so I admittedly don’t know the situation in great detail, but I don’t think that you need all the nitty gritty to take a macro view of the state of affairs.

The premise seems to be the LBI Consolidated School Board’s closing and selling the LBI Grade School in Ship Bottom and…