Board OKs Raises for Employees |
The Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education approved raises for various employee groups at its regular meeting last week. |
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Jefferson Custodian is Employee of Year |
And the winner is... Grover Khem! Starting as a substitute custodian nearly 20 years ago, Khem has served at Jefferson since 2006. He received 17 nominations to be this year's top classified employee! |
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Eight Teachers Earn National Board Certification |
Congratulations to the newly certified LBUSD teachers for achieving the highest professional distinction in teaching! |
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Migrant Ed Students Win Awards |
LBUSD's Migrant Education Program continues to impress! The students won 24 trophies at the Los Angeles County Office of Education's Regional Speech Tournament. |
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Poly Debuts Festival of Gardening, Butterflies |
The Jackrabbits in attendance received free plants, gardening tools and resources as part of the event held during the school’s eighth annual Wellness Week. |
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Middle School Robo Bowl Returns |
The annual districtwide robotics competition is back after a two-year pause! Congratulations to Hughes Middle School, this year's first place winners. |
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Eighth Graders Earn College Scholarships
The winning students will each receive $500, courtesy of the Lyman W. and Nancy E. Lough Scholarship Fund.
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Students Attend National Engineer Event
The event celebrated the inclusion of women in the engineering fields, and the advancements that continue to shape the future.
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LBUSD, Linked Learning To Expand Early College Prep |
We are proud to be part of the Gates United States Accelerate ED initiative with Linked Learning Alliance to advance early college credit opportunities in college and career pathways. |
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From art contests to college scholarships, more than 20 LBUSD high school students are recognized by the local community for their accomplishments. |
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CalPERS Retirement Workshop
A California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) retirement planning workshop for classified employees will be offered by the Personnel Commission on Wednesday, June 1. Representatives from CalPERS, LBUSD Payroll and Risk Management will answer questions at the session, which runs from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Personnel Commission Auditorium, 4400 Ladoga Ave., Lakewood. Contact the Personnel Commission at 435-5708 for more information, and find the registration form here. |
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COVID-19 Testing for LBUSD Students and Employees
As a reminder, PCR and antigen rapid tests are available to LBUSD staff and students who are symptomatic or potentially coming off isolation.
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Annual Enrollment for Health Benefits Ends May 31
All changes to medical, dental, vision and FSA must be in by May 31. Enroll online at lbusdbenefits.com or call 866-844-9744 and select option 4, Monday through Friday from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Any changes will be effective July 1. For employees who do not make changes, current elections will continue for the 2022-23 plan year, EXCEPT the FSA plans. If you have an FSA plan today, you must re-elect by May 31.
Even if you do not need to make any changes, please update the following as needed during annual enrollment:
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Social Security numbers for any dependents enrolled in your medical plan. For instance, a newborn previously added without a social security number.
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Beneficiary Designation for Basic Life insurance. Please make sure that your beneficiary is correctly recorded.
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Weight Watchers
Summer is almost here! If you’re still looking to lose a few pounds before you head out into the sun, don’t forget that LBUSD employees, retirees and spouses get more than 50% off of WW (formerly Weight Watchers) membership. Look for more information at your worksite on the last promo, FREE WW Activity Kit, before summer. Or just visit ww.com/us/LBUSD to join today! |
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Reminders from the Employee Benefits Team
- Don't lose out on Wellness Money! If you have either Kaiser or Aetna medical insurance, make sure to get your reward(s) for any of the appropriate wellness actions you’ve taken by the end of this plan year, June 30.
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Marcia Nye
former counselor
April 21, 2022
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Official publication of the Long Beach Unified School District issued from the Office of the Superintendent of Schools.
1515 Hughes Way, Long Beach, California 90810
(562) 997-8000.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
JILL A. BAKER, Ed. D.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
JUAN BENITEZ, Ph.D., President
MEGAN KERR, Vice President
DIANA CRAIGHEAD, Member
ERIK MILLER, Member
DOUGLAS OTTO, J.D., Member
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