At this time a year ago, the Barnegat Township Board of Education was considering a school reconfiguration plan as recommended by district Superintendent Brian Latwis. Among numerous changes, it would have resulted in the four elementary schools housing two grades each rather than continuing as K-5 buildings.

The plan called for Cecil S. Collins School to house pre-K and kindergarten. The Joseph T. Donohue School would be home for first and second grades.