LBUSD sets schedule for high school graduation ceremonies
Last year, students were limited to drive-through graduations. This year, they get to celebrate in person.
Poly community outraged by potential changes to high school’s CIC magnet program
Long Beach Unified denies there are any plans to “phase out” the CIC magnet program, but staff and former students at the school are sounding the alarm.
LBUSD planning for in-person graduations this June
Long Beach Unified confirmed that it is in the planning stages for hosting in-person high school graduations this year at Veterans Stadium.
LBUSD board revokes emergency powers for superintendent
The decision to revoke those powers was a celebratory one—a sign that the COVID-19 pandemic is waning.
LBUSD board approves raise for teachers, administrators
This week’s deal signals a remarkable turnaround for the city’s largest employer and largest workforce, which a year ago was bracing for the possibility of mass layoffs as the state’s economy was in disarray due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Marking major milestone for LBUSD, all campuses are now open for students who want to return
All 85 LBUSD campuses are now open, 409 days after schools closed on March 13, 2020. In all, about 30,000 of the district’s roughly 69,000 students chose to return to campus.
LBUSD, teachers agreement goes to board vote next week
The teachers voted overwhelmingly to ratify, with 81.1% of those who voted casting their vote to ratify, and 18.9% voting against.
LBUSD middle school students and high school seniors are back on campus
Even though many students opted to stay home to close out the semester, the mood for many who returned to campus this week was celebratory.
She’s guarded kids on Willow Street for 14 years; not even a pandemic could break her streak
Melinda Vann has helped students cross a busy stretch of Willow Street between Los Coyotes Diagonal and Woodruff Avenue for more than a decade.
Long Beach native Brandon Deutsch dominating ‘Jeopardy!’
Deutsch was a member of Poly High’s prestigious PACE Academy, and now he’s on a tear on “Jeopardy!”