Bayonne Board of Education

Bayonne Board of Education is a comprehensive public school district serving students from Prekindergarten through twelfth grade in Bayonne, New Jersey.

Awards and recognition

During the 2008-09 school year, Public School #14 was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2008/2008-schools.html U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: 2008 Schools] , United States Department of Education. Accessed September 23, 2008.] , the highest award an American school can receive. ["CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department", "Journal Inquirer", November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."] ["Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test", "The Washington Post". September 29, 2005. "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."]

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. [ [http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/ss/ss3.pl?string=id=115&maxhits=10000 New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 2004-05] , accessed May 23, 2006] It is the fourth school in Bayonne to receive this honor. The other three are Bayonne High School in 1995-96 [ [http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/ss/ss3.pl?string=id=026&maxhits=10000 New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 1995-96] , accessed May 23, 2006] , Midtown Community School in 1996-97 [ [http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/ss/ss3.pl?string=id=033&maxhits=10000 New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 1996-97] , accessed May 23, 2006] and P.S. #14 in the 1998-99 school year. [ [http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/ss/ss3.pl?string=id=058&maxhits=10000 New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 1998-99] , accessed May 23, 2006] This year P.S.#14 school was named a National Blue Ribbon School.

chools

Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401260 Data for the Bayonne Board of Education] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 15, 2008.] ) are:;Elementary Schools (PK-8, except as noted)
* [http://www.bhs.bboed.org/schools/harris/index.htm Henry E. Harris No. 1] (710 students)
* [http://www.bhs.bboed.org/schools/vroom/index.html Phillip G. Vroom No. 2] (405)
*Dr. Walter F. Robinson No. 3 (583)
* [http://www.bhs.bboed.org/schools/donohoe/index.htm Mary J. Donohoe No. 4] (471)
* [http://www.bhs.bboed.org/schools/lincoln/index.html Lincoln No. 5] (471)
* [http://www.bhs.bboed.org/schools/mann/horace.htm Horace Mann No. 6] (603)
* [http://www.bhs.bboed.org/schools/mcs/index.html Midtown Community School No. 8] (1,099)
* [http://www.bhs.bboed.org/schools/washington/index.htm George Washington School No. 9] (688)
* [http://www.bhs.bboed.org/schools/wilson/index.htm Woodrow Wilson No. 10] (562)
* [http://www.bhs.bboed.org/schools/bailey/index.html John M. Bailey No. 12] (734)
* [http://www.bhs.bboed.org/schools/14/index.html P.S. #14] (254;PreK-8);High School (9-12)
*Bayonne High School (3,005)

Dress code

The Board of Education has implemented a dress code that took effect in the 2006-07 school year for students in Pre-K through eighth grade. Under this code students wear a school logo shirt and a variety of pants, skorts, shorts, and other prescribed items. The plan was 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". [ [http://www.bboed.org/district/dress%20code%20letter%20july24.htm A Letter to Parents and Members of the Community] , dated July 24, 2006] [ [http://www.bboed.org/district/DressCode.htm Dress Code] , accessed July 31, 2006] A heated battle was 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 [ [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16940699&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=532622&rfi=6 School uniform policy to raise protest: Angry parents expect to confront School Board at next meeting] , "Hudson Reporter", July 19, 2006] .

ee also

*List of school districts in New Jersey

References

External links

* [http://www.bboed.org/ Bayonne Board of Education]
*NJReportCard|17|0220|0|Bayonne Board of Education
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401260 Data for the Bayonne Board of Education] , National Center for Education Statistics