LBUSD extends superintendent’s contract through 2025-26 school year
Jill Baker had been on a four-year contract that was due to expire in the 2024-25 school year. This extension adds another year to the end of that agreement.
LBUSD will recommend, not require, masks for upcoming school year
LBUSD spokesperson Chris Eftychiou confirmed this week that the district will not require masks for students or employees to begin the school year.
Review: Long Beach musician HeyDeon chooses love with new EP
Whether writing rap or R&B, the Poly High grad has always kept his music grounded in what he’s going through, and right now, that’s being madly in love with his fiancee.
Long Beach student stars in upcoming documentary ‘The Youth Governor’
The film chronicles his campaign to be elected “youth governor” of a model state government program the YMCA runs each year at the California Capitol.
LBUSD will ask voters to approve $1.7 billion bond measure in November
This is the third time in the last 15 years that the district has asked voters to approve a bond measure, which the LBUSD says is needed to modernize campuses.
Z2 Comics features graphic novels from Vince Staples, Sublime
The new graphic novel by rapper Vince Staples is an original story that’s a mix between Pinocchio’s Pleasure Island and the 1979 action film The Warriors.
Album review: Giveon’s ‘Give or Take’
Like his previous projects, the new album from Long Beach native and Poly alum Giveon is dripping in beauty and pain.
As enrollment declines, LBUSD resolves to set aside money to avoid layoffs
LBUSD enrollment remains steadily shrinking, with a longtime decline of 2% annually reaching 3% each of the last two years. Each percentage drop represents a loss of $7-8 million in funding from the state.
Long Beach Poly alum Peyton Watson selected in NBA Draft
Watson makes history for Long Beach and his high school: He’s the ninth Long Beach Poly alum to make the NBA, tying the Jackrabbits with Mater Dei for most NBA products in California history.
Summer break is here, but kids can still get free meals at these LBUSD campuses
Even during the break, seven campuses will offer free lunches to all children aged 1 to 18 at no charge, with no documentation required.