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School district receives funding for new technical education facility
Bayonne Academy, on the BHS campus, will receive over $9 million in state funds ×
Bayonne Academy will soon have its own facility at BHS.
Bayonne Academy, on the Bayonne High School campus, is set to receive over $9 million in funding from the Securing Our Children’s Future Bond Act (SOCFBA). The state funding, allocated for county vocational schools, will fund renovation and new construction to increase student capacity.
Governor Phil Murphy, Acting Commissioner of Education Dr. Angelica Allen-McMillan, and Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Brian Bridges announced on May 28 that Bayonne Academy will receive a total of $9,930,113.
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School district to remain hybrid for the rest of the year
Bayonne officials said in-person instruction would be expanded if COVID-19 outbreaks were avoided ×
Bayonne Superintendent of Schools John Niesz address parents at a Board of Education meeting in March.
The Bayonne School District will continue the current hybrid instruction for the remainder of the school year, according to Superintendent of Schools John Niesz.
Niesz had previously stated that if the district could make it through the month of May without a COVID-19 outbreak, the district would shift to a five day school week in-person. The district returned to the classrooms on May 3 for the first time since it shifted to virtual instruction in March of 2020 at the onset of the pandemic.
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Assistant supervisors of special services appointed
The Board of Education voted to approve the new positions ×
Assistant Superintendent Vecchiarelli (right) addresses parents at the Board of Education meeting in April.
The Bayonne Board of Education has voted to approve three assistant supervisors of special services and fill the new roles on the recommendation of Superintendent of Schools John Niesz.
Stefanie Tych was reassigned from a school psychologist at Woodrow Wilson Community School (WWCS) to be the assistant supervisor of special services in charge of the autism program at Bayonne High School (BHS) and WWCS.
Jason Acerra was reassigned from a teacher of the handicapped at BHS to be the assistant supervisor of special services of the behavior disorders program and the alternative program at BHS.