Two weeks before the 2021-22 school year is set to begin, Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday announced all faculty and staff at public, private, parochial, charter and renaissance schools must be vaccinated against the coronavirus by Oct. 18 or be tested, at minimum, once or twice weekly.

Dan Krupinski, health officer for the LBI Health Department, said when the phased rollout of the vaccine made teachers as well as all staff and personnel eligible, on March 15, to receive the shot, “most jumped at the…