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Students urge board to rethink uniform policy; student government reports end‑of‑year activities
Summary
Student leaders updated the board on events and fundraising and introduced a new high‑school board representative; a student public comment opposed a proposed uniform policy, citing financial strain and a petition of roughly 500 signatures.
Student leaders presented end‑of‑year activities and a newly elected student board representative, and a student public commenter urged the board to reconsider a proposed uniform policy that students say will impose undue costs.
Miriam Ged, the student government representative, recapped recent STUGA events including teacher appreciation, a regional NJASC conference, STUGA elections and a $145 fundraising total for graduation grams. She introduced Parika Agural (who identified herself as the newly elected Bayonne High School Board of Education representative for 2025–26), who said she plans to attend leadership training and support student engagement next year.
During public comment, William Blanchard, a Bayonne High School junior, told the board that a new uniform policy could create financial strain for families and would not necessarily improve safety. "Anyone can buy the new uniforms and we already have IDs for our verification," he said, adding that his petition had collected "around 500 signatures, making up about 25% of the student population." Blanchard asked the board to use staff resources to expand activities and student engagement instead of enforcing a policy he described as "deeply unpopular."
What happens next: The board heard student input and took the matter into executive session later in the meeting for personnel; no public action on the uniform policy was recorded during the meeting.
