Pinelands Regional School District Superintendent Melissa McCooley told the district’s board of education at its Aug. 17 meeting that the administration had conducted a school opening survey of parents that showed many were opposed to Gov. Phil Murphy’s requirement that teachers, support staff and students must wear masks when inside school buildings and buses when the 2021-22 school year starts in September.

Some 743 parents responded to the survey, which McCooley shared onscreen with the community, using a series of graphs.