LBUSD.com - Media Articles

Wilson gym to be restored - Gymnastics team can temporarily train in room until trial over room's use begins. Press Telegram, 10/30/2007.

Teachers to begin contract talks, Evaluations, teacher pay and class sizes are among the areas that the Long Beach teachers union is seeking to change during the bargaining process for revisions to the current labor contract. Press Telegram, 10/15/2007

Parents sue district over Wilson High gym swap -Lawsuit alleges LBUSD discriminated against girls in decision to switch gymnast room. Press Telegram, 08/01/2007

Graduation policies protested - Student group wants requirements for high school graduation, college admission to line up. Press Telegram, 07/30/2007

TALB Reveals Results Of Teacher Survey - Gazettes.com, 07/19/2007

Longfellow principal is best in L.B. - Teachers union hopes survey results will help improve local schools. Press Telegram, 07/11/2007

Wilson High Gymnastics Room Battle Earns Bad Mark - Last Thursday, most of the 40 girls on the Wilson High School gymnastics team stayed after practice to have a sit-in and protect their equipment from being dismantled. Many parents joined their daughters. Gazettes.com 07/05/2007

Rebuttal to Press Telegram editorial “Smear Campaign” - I find it disappointing how the Press Telegram trivializes the concerns of teachers and parents at Edison Elementary by dismissing any activity by parents or teachers as a “TALB” action. - 05/17/2007

ADVOCATE - Edison Teacher Jennifer Larsen letter to the Press Telegram - 05/14/2007

Edison parents protest school leadership - Principal, teachers at odds over list of improvements proposed last year. Press Telegram, 05/11/2007.

'Open Court' still on trial - Seven years after Los Angeles Unified expanded the Open Court curriculum to most campuses, the highly scripted teaching program remains controversial. dailynews.com, April 28, 2007

Students Demand More A-G Courses - Gazettes.com - 04/05/2007

Long Beach PTA fights airport EIR. Group files lawsuit, saying report was inadequate, endangering children. Press Telegram - 03/15/2007

District Settlement Gives Stevenson Teachers Comp Time. Gazettes.com - 02/22/2007

LMT Advocate - 02/21/2007. School Board Split on Motion to Increase Library Media Teachers Staffing, Seeks Cost Analysis

LBUSD adds union reps. Board adds 2 representatives to its audit committee. - 02/06/2007

How Not to Pick a School, By Brigid Schulte, Washington Post - 02/04/2007

LBUSD cited in air quality complaint, Union files complaint with district over conditions at Hudson, Press Telegram - 02/02/2007

Long Beach teens speak of fears, seek solutions to racial strife, By Jessica Garrison, Times Staff Writer - 01/28/2007

School district needs financial oversight, By Michael Day, TALB Vice President. Press Telegram, 01/27/2007

An inspector general for L.B. schools?,City Auditor Laura Doud says LBUSD needs independent financial oversight. Press Telegram, 01/15/2007

City eyes school oversight, Education: Under council proposal, new office would monitor finances, operations. Press Telegram, 01/14/2007

LB Teachers' Union Proposes City Charter Amendment Creating Elected Inspector General To Oversee LBUSD Spending, LBReport.com 01/10/2007

Deadline looms for airport report, City near agreement with residents over EIR - Press Telegram 01/01/2007

Sunday's Letter to the Editor - Educational Solutions, Michael Day's letter to the Press Telegram 12/21/2006

More class time for failing students - By Carla M. Collado Gazettes.com, 12/14/2006

Judge refuses to toss LBUSD suit; Press Telegram - 12/01/2006

Michael Ellis on the recent hate crime at Bixby Knolls - 11/16/2006

Hundreds attend forum on attack - Bixby Knolls residents gather to discuss brutal Halloween beating of three young women; Tracy Manzer, Press Telegram 11/16/2006

School Board Turns Back Bond Oversight Proposal - By Carla M. Collado Gazettes.com, 10/19/2006

LBUSD rejects term limits - 3-2 vote turns down proposal similar to Council. By Kevin Butler, Press Telegram 10/17/2006

School Board On The Air, Records On The Internet - By Carla M. Collado Gazettes.com, 10/05/2006

Cable debut a rats' tale - LBUSD meeting, including infestation report, to be aired on Channel 24. By Kevin Butler, 10/03/2006

Meetings will air, but not live - LBUSD to tape meetings beginning tonight. By Kevin Butler, Press Telegram 10/02/2006

Televised meetings - The LBUSD wins an apple for plan to televise meetings. Press Telegram 09/27/2006

LBUSD votes to televise meetings - Details still to come; start date of Oct. 3 eyed. By Kevin Butler, Press Telegram 09/26/2006

LBReport.com - Televising School Board Meetings, 09/26/2006

LBUSD considers trial filming plan Education: Another proposal would require district to post documents on Web. By Kevin Butler, Staff writer - 09/24/2006

Letter to the Press Telegram Lynne Nielsen, Wilson High School teacher - 09/07/2006

New School Year, New School Board, New Attitudes. LBReport.com - 09/05/2006

Another School Year, Another School Board Will The New Board Of Education Put Students First?, Long Beach Business Journal - 09/01/2006

Neighborhood School Enrollment Not Guaranteed, Long Beach Beachcomber - 09/01/2006

More schools make `the list', 14 local schools could be targeted for federal intervention. Long Beach Press Telegram - 09/01/2006

Televised meeting, LBUSD finally moves toward the airwaves, Long Beach Press Telegram - 08/27/2006

School District Board Could Get Television Time, Gazettes.com - 08/24/2006

Ellis Questions School Bond Expenditures, Gazettes.com - 08/24/2006

Welcoming Openness At LBUSD, LBReport.com - 08/22/2006

School Board Gets A New Look - 07/11/2006