Bayonne board approves minutes and consent reports; student council reports on events

The Bayonne Board of Education approved routine business at its March meeting in the Nicholas Aresco Auditorium, including the minutes and consent‑agenda items presented by district staff.

After a motion and second, the board approved the minutes. The board then voted to approve superintendent and related consent items listed as A1–A3 and B1–B15; the transcript records Vice President Maggio announcing a recusal from B11 while stating she voted yes on the other B resolutions. Trustee Gonzales was recorded as not present for that vote.

The business administrator’s report (items C1–C20) was also approved after motion and second; Trustee Gudetzky Rodriguez recorded an abstention from item C12 while voting in favor of the remaining items. The meeting record does not include detailed roll‑call mapping of each trustee to each line of the tally in the transcript, but affirmative votes were recorded for the listed consent items.

The student council representative reported on recent and planned activities at Bayonne High School: a Saint Patrick’s dress‑down day promoted via Instagram, a Valentine’s fundraiser for Project Independence, a locker hearts project that the representative said involved “about 4,500 hearts” with positive messages, distribution of stress balls at main entrances ahead of NJGPA testing, and plans for a spring fest and upcoming student government elections.

The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn and a recorded unanimous affirmative vote, and the board adjourned at 6:36 p.m.