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- ADVERTISEMENT - The teachers union has argued that instructors shouldn’t be required to come back to the classroom until they are vaccinated, but the city—and other health jurisdictions—has limited supply of the vaccine and other priority groups who are in line to get the doses. Mayor Robert Garcia said at a media briefing Thursday that the city would ensure that teachers of younger grades are vaccinated, starting with pre-K through second next week and third- through fifth-grades “so...

The Long Beach Unified School District this week is coping with a much smaller allocation of COVID-19 vaccine doses than it expected.

Long Beach officials Friday announced the education sector is eligible to sign up to receive the coronavirus vaccination beginning next week. The announcement comes days after the city opened up enrollment for the food sector and residents 65 and older. - ADVERTISEMENT - To date, more than 29,500 vaccines have been administered at city-operated sites and medical facilities throughout Long Beach. “Our vaccination program is running smoothly and efficiently and we are proud to be leading the wa...

It remains unclear when California’s K-12 campuses will reopen for in-person instruction, but one Bay Area school district has committed to continuing distance learning in the fall and beyond — at least as an option. West Contra Costa Unified officials last week presented their early plans for a permanent district-wide, K-12 “virtual learning academy” for the 2021-2022 school year and beyond. They also introduced two additional in-person programs for high school students: a visual and p...

Almost a third of all grades issued by Long Beach Unified teachers in the first quarter of this school year were D’s or F’s, a massive jump compared to the previous year, according to LBUSD data.

- ADVERTISEMENT - Police said they began investigating John William Gunde on Dec. 13. A spokesman for Long Beach Unified School District said Gunde has been placed on paid administrative leave from his job as a social studies teacher at Cabrillo. John William Gunde. Photo courtesy of Buena Park Police Department. Police said Gunde began talking to the victim, a 15-year-old girl, on the dating site Ashley Madison some time before October of 2020 and then began emailing with her. “Gunde subsequ...