Melissa McCooley is the superintendent of schools in both the Pinelands Regional and Little Egg Harbor school districts. But she won’t be for long, having tendered her resignation letter at Little Egg Harbor.

At its March 13 meeting, the Pinelands Board of Education unanimously approved a new 5-year contract with McCooley. It will pay her an initial annual salary of $180,000 and will be effective on or about July 1, 2023, pending an early release of a 180-day resignation warning obligation from…