The Long Beach Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Long Beach , California, United States. Established in 1885, Long Beach Unified School District now educates 81,000 students in 84 public schools in the cities of Long Beach, Lakewood , Signal Hill , Carson , and Avalon on Catalina Island. The school district is the third largest in California and serves one of the most diverse large cities in the United States. The student population is 53.1 percent Hispanic, 15.6 percent African American, 15.2 percent white, 11.2 percent Asian, 3 percent multi-race, 1.7 percent Pacific Islander and 0.2 percent Native American. More than two-thirds of the student population come from lower-income households and qualify for free and reduced price meals. The school district employs more than 8,000 people, making it the largest employer in Long Beach .
42-733: The district territory includes the vast majority of Long Beach, all of Signal Hill, and portions of Lakewood, as well as Santa Catalina Island, Avalon included. It has no territory in Carson, even though LBUSD operates one school, California Academy of Mathematics and Science , there. As of 1993 several parents in the LBUSD boundaries enrolled their children in the Los Alamitos Unified School District day care program so that they could then use LBUSD district transfer rules, stating that parents may enroll their children at
84-453: A Honda -sponsored program. Many of these students receive generous scholarship awards to help them afford higher education costs. The school oversees numerous internship and summer programs with business partners, matching students with professionals from an industry of the student’s choice. Mentors from local industries help bridge the gap between the classroom and the “real world,” inspiring students to think beyond high school. One mentor who
126-627: A conference run by the California Association of Student Councils . The State Board of Education is responsible for the maintenance of such programs as No Child Left Behind Act , the administration of the Standardized Testing and Reporting program (used for student and school accountability), and the Academic Performance Index , which measures the academic performance and growth of schools on
168-700: A critical role in the governance of California's public education system . Unlike many States, California's K-12 education system is highly segmented, with oversight and policy authority split between the State Board, the Department of Education, the Legislature, the Governor, and 1000+ school districts across California. The State Board of Education strives for policy uniformity across California's vast public education system. This article about
210-701: A dedicated Transfer Admission Guarantee resource center for transferring to the majority of UC and CSU Campuses. Admissions at private universities are sparse, but enrollments most recently occurred at Caltech , Stanford , and Yale . Below are admissions tables derived from the University of California and California State University for the Class of 2021: 33°51′40″N 118°15′17″W / 33.861013°N 118.254613°W / 33.861013; -118.254613 California State Board of Education The California State Board of Education
252-407: A movement to form a Lakewood Unified School District. Because students in the city of Lakewood are currently divided between four different school districts ( ABC Unified School District , Bellflower Unified School District , Paramount Unified School District and LBUSD), a petition was started. After gathering the required number of petition signatures and an LA County review, the issue went before
294-453: A parent was working at Los Alamitos schools or because of the after school program. Dillow said that while the loss of that number of students from LBUSD, with 76,000 students, "may not seem significant, but it does cause the school district to lose about $ 4,000 per year for each student in state education funding." LBUSD began investigating the idea of establishing before and after school programs at its schools so that parents could no longer use
336-645: A product worthy of competition. MESA and the Robotics Program (FRC, VEX, and ROV) are the largest organizations at CAMS whose main focus is math and science. For those interested in the medical field, students may also join HOSA, which has recently started in conjunction with the new Biotechnology pathway at CAMS. Students in the CAMS HOSA team may compete in multiple medical science categories such as medical terminology, medical math, biomedical debates, etc., at
378-532: A school closest to their daycare provider even if the school is in another school district, to obtain an inter-district transfer from the Los Alamitos district and send their children to Los Alamitos schools. As a result, LBUSD was losing money, because state education funds were paid based on attendance. Horn said "It was never anyone's intention to make the (child-care) program a drawing card from other school districts. It did turn out that way." Gordon Dillow of
420-435: A setting that features integrated curriculum, teamwork, and real world applications of learning. Faculty refer to CAMS as a “talent development program.” Class size is relatively large, between 30-40 students. The school receives about $ 5,500 per student annually, placing CAMS is on par with the state average for high schools. (CAMS’s base funding is $ 4,400 per student; private donations and special legislative funding make up
462-541: A third, vandalism dropped, attendance improved, and test scores increased. President Bill Clinton mentioned LBUSD's uniform policy in his 1996 State of the Union address. Numerous other large urban districts have now adopted school uniform policies. Some researchers, including David Brunsma of the Sociology Department of University of Missouri , have said that the benefits ascribed to the implementation of
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#1732787003390504-473: A variety of academic measures. The formal state constitutional duties of the State Board of Education include the appointment of one deputy and three associate superintendents to the California Department of Education, upon nomination by the state superintendent of public instruction ; and the adoption of textbooks for use in grades one through eight. By statute, the State Board of Education
546-416: Is still in contact with students he mentored over the years said, “I am most tough on time management, which I think helped them be successful in their studies.” In 1993 the school placed 11 students in university dormitories so they could better focus on their studies. Three of the teachers also used dormitories. Two foundations funded the use of the dormitories. Created in 1990 by Dr. Kathleen Clark, CAMS
588-480: Is the governing and policy-making body of California's K-12 education system. Additionally, the State Board of Education is authorized by state law to study and plan for the improvement of California's educational conditions. The State Board of Education can plan for and study the improvement on the administration and efficiency of California public schools. Various commissions, committees, and advisory boards are also established, chartered under, and administered by
630-569: Is the governing and policy-making body of the California Department of Education . The State Board of Education sets K-12 education policy in the areas of standards, instructional materials, assessment, and accountability. The State Board of Education adopts textbooks for grades K-8, adopts regulations to implement legislation, and has authority to grant waivers of the Education Code. Content standards are designed to encourage
672-641: The Los Angeles Times said "Although school officials say they do not track the racial make-up of their inter-district transfer students, the perception has been that many, perhaps most, of the Long Beach-to-Los Alamitos transfer students are Anglo." Whites were a minority in LBUSD, with 26% of the student body, while they were a majority at Los Alamitos USD, with 75% of the student body. In the 1992-1993 school year, 400 students who lived in LBUSD attended Los Alamitos schools because
714-543: The California State Board of Education . The board rejected the petition on February 8, 2001 because the board said the proposed district failed to meet four of the state's nine criteria for new district formation. With that setback, the most current plans (as of 2005) are to try to merge those areas of Lakewood served by Paramount into either the Bellflower or Long Beach Unified School Districts. LBUSD
756-592: The California State University and University of California system, although alumni especially committed to universities in Southern California . The most popular destinations within both systems are UC San Diego (23 alumni), UC Irvine (19 alumni), Long Beach State (17 alumni), Cal Poly SLO (7 alumni), and UC Berkeley (6 alumni). CAMS graduates are granted two years of free tuition at Long Beach City College , which has
798-465: The South Bay region. Students are admitted only as freshmen. In 2016, the admissions process was changed and is now based solely on academic achievement in middle school. The prior interviewing and applications process was discontinued due to a legal settlement. In the past, applicants from different grade levels were allowed to apply and be accepted, but due to the strict, demanding curriculum at CAMS,
840-514: The Home Depot Center. After its third Delphic League Championship in a row under 4th-year Head Coach Jim Watwood (2010 LB Press Telegram Coach of the year) and reaching a semifinal last year, top seed CAMS (17-2-1) advanced to its first CIF final, where it faced No. 2 seed Sierra Vista. In the last seconds of the game, Sierra Vista scored on a controversial cross to tie the game 1-1. The Royals went on to lose in penalty kicks 5-4. It marked
882-402: The LBUSD uniform policy were logically attributable to other factors; such as increased school security, collateral attendance enforcement efforts, and in-class programs designed to bolster sagging test scores. LBUSD now has two high schools, Woodrow Wilson Classical High School , and Millikan High School , that require school uniforms as well. In 1999, Jefferson Leadership Academies became
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#1732787003390924-792: The State Board of Education. These include the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools, the Advisory Commission on Special Education, the California Practitioners Advisory Group, the California Workforce Pathways Committee, and the Instructional Quality Commission. The Instructional Quality Commission advises the State Board on the adoption or rejection of new curriculum standards. The Commission on Charter Schools helps administer
966-950: The State Board's oversight of California charter schools . The Commission on Special Education provides advice to the Governor, the State Superintendent, the State Legislature , and the State Board of Education on continuing or new areas of research, program development, and evaluation in California special education. The California Practitioners Advisory Group strives to create a single, coherent accountability system for California public education that complies with federal, state, and local standards. The California Workforce Pathways Committee aims to build and further California's policy objectives on workforce development, particularly as it relates to career technical education . The California State Board of Education plays
1008-634: The State and National level. Since students are allowed membership in the VEX Robotics program beginning their sophomore year, most tend to join VEX Robotics that year. The Girls Build LA team at CAMS, which works to improve the community, has been awarded grant funding by the LA Promise Fund every year since 2017. California Academy of Math & Science beat Animo 2-1 in a CIF Southern Section Division VII semifinal on 3/3/2010 at Beckham Field at
1050-947: The Tennis team, etc. Students at CAMS enjoy a variety of extracurricular activities, including sports (volleyball, soccer, basketball, and tennis), Dance Team, Key Club , PI (Pacific Islander) Club, Chess Club, Math Club, M.E.Ch.A., Test Code (formerly Computer Science Club), Pinoy Club, Black Student Alliance (BSA), Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA), National Honor Society (NHS), Future Medical Professionals, Associated Student Body (ASB), Rocket Team, MATE Underwater ROV Competition (ROV) Team, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement), FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team, VEX Robotics Team, Girls Build LA, Faith & Fellowship, and HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America). FRC, Vex Robotics, ROV, NSBE, and Rocket Team allow students to apply what they have learned in math, science, and engineering to create
1092-583: The USA, CAMS is in the top 4% taking number 281 in 2006. In the December 2007, Newsweek released the results of a two-year study to determine the 100 best High Schools in the United States of America. Out of the 18,000+ schools reviewed, CAMS made it into the top 100 as number 21. As of August 24, 2016, CAMS moved up in ranking to the 100th best high school in the nation. In California CAMS is ranked 10th in
1134-532: The award three more times and once prior to winning (2002, 2006, 2007, 2008). Two Harbors Elementary School, at Two Harbors on Catalina Island , was a one-room school . Enrollment in 2005 was 12 students. In 2014, the Two Harbors one-room schoolhouse closed due to low enrollment, and students now go to Avalon School on the other side of the island in Avalon , which is a 45-minute to 1-hour drive. Previously
1176-480: The district had planned to close the school in fall 2005, but Two Harbors residents and visitors raised enough money to keep the school open. California Academy of Mathematics and Science The California Academy of Mathematics and Science (CAMS) is a public magnet high school in Carson , California , United States focusing on science and mathematics . Its California API scores are fourth-highest in
1218-524: The end of the 2006-2007 school year after having been principal for as long as the graduating class of 2007 had been alive. Dr. Filer, previously vice-principal, became the new principal beginning with the 2007-2008 school year. Dr. Filer retired at the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year, and Mr. Brown became the principal. CAMS also has a lot of social activities and clubs to participate in. A few include Robotics, Test Code, Key Club, Society of Women Engineers, Filmmakers Club, Photography Club, Biomed Club,
1260-433: The first CIF final for CAMS soccer and the school's second CIF team title game. The CAMS girls tennis team won the school's first CIF team title in 2006. The school accepts residents from the following school districts: In addition, any private school student zoned to any of the school districts or LAUSD middle schools above is also eligible to apply to and attend CAMS. The Class of 2021 spans throughout California within
1302-401: The first public middle school in the United States to convert entirely to single gender classes. Only a few dozen more schools have followed this trend, mostly because of Title IX of the 1972 Education Act, which prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded programs. The school has plans to discontinue the program after scheduling conflicts and disappointing test scores. In 2001, there was
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1344-507: The highest achievement of every student, by defining the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade level. The State Board of Education has eleven members, including one student member, all appointed by the governor of California . The student member is selected from a group of three students nominated by the board. Those are picked from the delegation of the Student Advisory Board on Education,
1386-571: The loophole. LBUSD established a new after school program, "Kid's Club." 140 were enrolled in August 1993 and the district expected a total of 300 to be enrolled by the beginning of the school year. On January 18, 1994, the LBUSD Board of Education voted to require school uniforms in all elementary and middle schools, with the wearing of school uniforms to start in September 1994. The district
1428-550: The managing school district fiscal agent. Today, CAMS ranks in the top ten schools in California on the NCLB Academic Performance Index; its students score well above state and national averages on the math and verbal SATs. Average student daily attendance in 2003-04 was 98%. Attrition is less than 5% for all reasons, as opposed to a 50% drop-out rate in some local high schools, and 95% of CAMS students go on to four-year colleges and universities, including
1470-507: The most selective and prestigious in the nation. (Approximately 5% attend community colleges.) Although CAMS winnows about 175 students from about a thousand of 9th grade applicants each year, CAMS does not rank its applicants for acceptance, but accepts students from each of its 75 feeder schools including predominately inner-city middle schools. Its mission is to “defy the odds” and prove that students, especially those from academically deprived environments, can excel in math and science, given
1512-514: The rest.) Because CAMS is on the CSUDH campus, juniors and seniors may enroll in university courses (and some CAMS teachers teach at CSUDH). In the past, students were able to begin taking courses on CSUDH campus as early as their sophomore year. CAMS students may graduate with as many as 20 college credits—an advantage for students applying to selective colleges and/or advancing to early college graduation, particularly with CSUDH summer classes through
1554-667: The school felt incoming students from other grade levels would be unable to keep up, as they would be unaccustomed to such a curriculum. The California Academy of Mathematics and Science (CAMS) opened on the California State University at Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) campus in 1990, the product of partnerships among CSUDH, the California State University’s Chancellor’s Office, a consortium of eleven local school districts, and defense industries. Long Beach Unified School District serves as
1596-639: The state. According to U.S. News & World Report , as of November 2019 CAMS is rated as the 46th best high school in the nation, and the 5th best in California. It also ranks as the best magnet high school in California. Unlike similar schools such as the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics , CAMS is non-residential, drawing its students solely from most of Long Beach , portions of Los Angeles , and some cities of
1638-488: The state. Located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills , CAMS shares many facilities with the university, including the gymnasium, the student union, the tennis courts, the pool, the library and a few of the parking lots. It is a National "No Child Left Behind" Blue Ribbon (2011 ) and California Distinguished school. The No Child Left Behind blue ribbon was only presented to 32 public schools nationwide. Newsweek states in its top 1200 High Schools in
1680-512: Was originally composed of the Southern Academic Complex (SAC) and was relatively small in comparison to now. About six years ago new buildings were constructed to help accommodate the students population. Now phase II is complete. The last building was finished midway through the 2007-2008 school year. Only CAMS seniors are currently granted access to CSUDH's newly completed student union during lunch hours. Dr. Clark retired at
1722-623: Was the 2003 winner of the $ 1 million Broad Prize for Urban Education . The Broad Prize was the largest education prize in the country awarded to urban school districts. In 2004, LBUSD received a second grant from the Broad Foundation for $ 1.14 million to continue their efforts to improve the organization of the district's schools using Baldrige strategies . In 2004, the Broad Foundation also awarded 55 Long Beach Unified School District seniors $ 500,000 in scholarships as Broad Prize Scholars. LBUSD has gone on to receive nominations for
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1764-548: Was the first large urban school district in the United States to require school uniforms. On August 23, 1994, SB 1269 the School Uniform Law was approved by the Governor of California to support schools that adopt a school-wide uniform policy, which also allowed parents to opt out of the policy. At LBUSD, roughly 2% of the students opt out of the uniform policy. Since starting the uniform policy, LBUSD claimed assaults dropped by two-thirds, suspensions dropped by almost
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