"School districts in New Jersey are operated by locally elected school boards and superintendents working together with district stakeholders," Brick Township school board president Stephanie Wohlrab said last May in a letter to Murphy that was shared with the community. The district has been pushing for Murphy to allow districts to decide for themselves what was best since last spring, when COVID-19 vaccinations were under way and the infection rate was slowing. "Having not received a formal announcement as guidance, but hearing the Governor's message, Brick Schools would anticipate going to 'mask optional' come March 7th, as per the Governor's announcement," Superintendent Thomas Farrell said Monday. The announcement said school districts and childcare facilities can continue to require masks after the mandate is lifted on March 7, but school districts cannot bar anyone from wearing masks.īrick Township Schools will not be requiring them. That "allows the state to continue vaccine distribution, vaccination or testing requirements in certain settings, the collection of COVID-19 data, implementation of any applicable recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prevent or limit the transmission of COVID-19, staffing and resource allocation, and other critical components of the State’s COVID-19 response," Murphy's announcement said. Murphy also said he will sign an executive order extending the public health emergency declared Jan.
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