Parents List LBUSD Concerns

By Dianne Anderson Parents and local advocates were prepared to give input at a recent LBUSD board meeting regarding the Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan, specifically about why Black students are not mentioned in the plan. Kim Tabari, a Long Beach Black Lives Matter member, said they wanted to bring up concerns, but their Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) work group is feeling a lot less welcome lately. “When we asked to present at the board meeting, we were told there wasn’t any room on the agenda,” said Tabari, who also sits on the superintendent’s advisory committee as a BLM member. As a workaround, she said parents and advocates streamed their concerns live on YouTube, and the public comment drew good parent participation. “And that’s what we’ve resorted to,” she said. “We’ve been pretty responsive to make sure we have parents signed up to send in letters or public comment or show up.” Tabari joined the LCAP work group as a BLM member to better understand the extent of the negative education impact facing local Black students. The district’s Learning Continuity Plan (LCP) covers a distance learning model with three main components including academic support, social-emotional learning, student engagement […]

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