Melissa McCooley, the superintendent of schools at both the Pinelands Regional and Little Egg Harbor school districts, did not attempt to extend her contract, as originally planned, at the PRSD Board of Education meeting on Oct. 28. But that didn’t mean the meeting was a short one.

Many topics were covered, such as an update on the COVID situation at the schools, the possibility of reopening full-time in January, a long analysis of the cost-saving benefits of shared-services agreements between…