Long Beach Lafayette Elementary School

Nine Elementary Schools Honored

The Long Beach Unified School District honored nine of its elementary schools last month with STAR Awards for significant gains in student achievement. This year’s winners are Addams, Alvarado, Burbank, Burnett, Fremont, Lafayette, Longfellow, Madison and Willard elementary schools. “Congratulations to our STAR schools, which represent a wide variety of geographic areas in our school [...]

LBUSD Helps California Become a Finalist for Race to Top Funds

The U.S. Department of Education announced today that California is one of 19 finalists for federal Race to the Top funding, which could bring between $18 million and $26 million to the Long Beach Unified School District. LBUSD was one of seven California school systems that helped to develop the state’s latest application for up [...]