Although Michael Hickey did not seek re-election in last November’s Barnegat Township Board of Education election race, he is back on the board after being appointed to replace Alicia Bivins during a reorganization meeting last week.

Initially elected in 2020, Bivins stepped down late last year after announcing she was moving outside of the district. Hickey will have to run again in November 2022 to finish the final year of her three-year unexpired term.