Bayonne Board of Education
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Bayonne Board of Education is a comprehensive public school district serving students from Prekindergarten through twelfth grade in Bayonne, New Jersey.
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[edit] Awards and recognition
For the 2004-05 school year, Mary J. Donohoe No. 4 School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.[1] It is the fourth school in Bayonne to receive this honor. The other three are Bayonne High School in 1995-96[2], Midtown Community School in 1996-97[3] and P.S. #14 in the 1998-99 school year.[4]
[edit] Schools
- Henry E. Harris No. 1
- Phillip G. Vroom No. 2
- Dr. Walter F. Robinson No. 3
- Mary J. Donohoe No. 4
- Lincoln No. 5
- Horace Mann No. 6
- Midtown Community School No. 8
- George Washington School No. 9
- Woodrow Wilson No. 10
- John M. Bailey No. 12
- P.S. #14- Advanced school for more intelligent students. Must take a test in 3rd grade to enter. It holds grades 4th-8th.
- Bayonne High School
[edit] Complications
The Board of Education has implemented a dress code that will take effect in the 2006-07 school year for students in Pre-K through eighth grade. Under this code students will wear a school logo shirt and a variety of pants, skorts, shorts, and other prescribed items. The plan is intended to "increase student identification with their schools and the district, Eliminate many of the distractions associated with differences in social or economic status, Allow the children, their teachers and the Board of Education to concentrate on shared pursuit of educational excellence [and] Instill a sense of belonging and school pride"[5][6]. A heated battle is curerently being fought between enraged parents and the Board, with parents upset at the manner in which the policy was imposed, the cost of the uniforms, the loss of freedom of expression to students in choosing the clothing they wear and issues regarding the manner in which the contract was awarded[7].
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 2004-05, accessed May 23, 2006
- ^ New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 1995-96, accessed May 23, 2006
- ^ New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 1996-97, accessed May 23, 2006
- ^ New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 1998-99, accessed May 23, 2006
- ^ A Letter to Parents and Members of the Community, dated July 24, 2006
- ^ Dress Code, accessed July 31, 2006
- ^ School uniform policy to raise protest: Angry parents expect to confront School Board at next meeting, Hudson Reporter, July 19, 2006
