As New Jersey school districts have started to announce decisions to make masks optional when the state mandate ends March 7, some are also going a step further by ending required quarantines after close contact with an infected person and opting to no longer contact trace positive cases. In Marlboro, the schools superintendent notified parents that the district will switch to a mask optional policy. In addition, effective immediately, students are no longer required to quarantine following an in-school exposure to someone who has COVID-19. Under state guidelines, which were modified in mid-Ja…
