The family of two teenage brothers who drowned in a Bayonne swimming pool three years ago has rejected an offer of $14 million to settle lawsuits against the city’s school district.
Chu Ming Zheng, 19, and Jack Jiang, 16, drowned at the Lincoln Community School pool on June 8, 2022, during an open-swim session, according to two separate lawsuits the family filed the following year.
The school, also referred to as Public School No. 5, is part of the Bayonne School District, which is responsible for pool operations, according to court documents…