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It's rare for the Long Beach Unified School District's school safety officers to fire their guns, but when one of them did Monday afternoon, it had potentially deadly consequences—leaving an 18-year-old woman in critical condition at a local hospital.
UpdatedTue, Jul 13, 2021 at 2:30 pm PT Replies(47) New state rules eliminate physical distancing while making sure no one will miss class time even if they are exposed to someone with the coronavirus. But the state would continue to require all students and staff to wear masks indoors. (Jae C. Hong/AP Photo) LOS ANGELES, CA — Golden State health officials announced Monday that K-12 students who refuse to wear a mask indoors this fall will be banned from campus, but quickly backpedaled, leaving enforcement methods up to individual school districts instead. The initial guidance from the Calif...
- ADVERTISEMENT - Poly is a uniquely beloved school in Long Beach and beyond, famous nationwide for its rigorous academics and Grammy-winning music program as much as its football team that consistently pumps out NFL stars like Willie McGinest and JuJu Smith-Schuster. As Poly’s slogan next to its signature Jackrabbit mascot tells you, it’s the “Home of Scholars and Champions.” So when recent graduate Anais Lopez heard from her younger sister that the magnet program they both attended was being hollowed out, she made a fuss. She started a petition to save Poly’s Center for Internatio...
- ADVERTISEMENT - It’s not entirely clear yet what COVID-19 rules or capacity limits will be in place for the in-person the ceremonies, which are still weeks away. Tickets will be distributed through the graduates, as they normally are. “Graduations may look a little different, with reduced capacity and other safety measures, but we’re all excited at the prospect of celebrating in person with our graduates,” LBUSD spokesperson Chris Eftychiou said in an email earlier this week. In all, 5,280 students can attend 15 ceremonies. Last year’s graduations were canceled by the COVID-19 pan...
One of the most-lamented changes that the COVID-19 pandemic brought last school year was the cancelation of graduation ceremonies, but, this week, the Long Beach Unified School District confirmed that it is in the planning stages of hosting in-person high school graduations this year at Veterans Stadium. - ADVERTISEMENT - “Details are beginning to come together, including for traditional graduations (at reduced capacity with ticket limits),” said LBUSD spokesperson Chris Eftychiou. The district doesn’t yet have a firm schedule but is targeting the week of June 11 to 16. A number of poss...