At its next meeting, on Tuesday, Feb. 22, the Barnegat Township Board of Education will be voting on adopting a revised Road Forward Plan that could include making face masks optional within school buildings. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the high school media center.

The new plan would go into effect on Monday, March 7, which is the date Gov. Murphy recently announced the statewide mandate for wearing masks inside school buildings would be lifted.