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LBUSD cuts mental health services at schools; insiders say the need is still dire

by Kate Raphael 3 hours agoDec 18, 2025

Long Beach Unified invested heavily in wellness centers and social workers at its campuses. Just a few years later, it’s scaling back drastically.

Teachers say disabled students are at risk as LBUSD confronts ‘unsustainable’ costs of classroom aides

by Kate Raphael Dec 16, 2025Dec 16, 2025

With the threat of layoffs looming, teachers union strikes tentative contract deal with Long Beach Unified

by Kate Raphael Dec 15, 2025Dec 15, 2025

Fearing layoffs, teachers urge LBUSD to cut administrative costs, not from the classroom

by Kate Raphael Dec 11, 2025Dec 11, 2025

Long Beach Unified cuts school library staff as its deficit spending mounts

by Kate Raphael Dec 10, 2025Dec 10, 2025

News

Port of LA to evict long-running Cabrillo Beach Scout camp for Olympic sailing facility

by Kate Raphael Dec 5, 2025Dec 9, 2025

A sign displays the Long Beach Unified School District, where the main office is located in Long Beach.

LBUSD to close Hoover Middle School, use building for dual immersion program

by Kate Raphael Dec 5, 2025Dec 5, 2025

Crime

Thieves — again — steal plaques from Martin Luther King Jr. park in Long Beach

by Kate Raphael Dec 3, 2025Dec 3, 2025

Students push for LBCC to ditch the Viking mascot, become the Dolphins

by Kate Raphael Dec 3, 2025Dec 3, 2025

A high schooler’s poetry became his resistance, and it won him the title of Youth Poet Laureate

by Kate Raphael Nov 28, 2025Nov 30, 2025