Elementary school reconfiguration underway with LBSD

Special to Long Beach Breeze

Beginning this fall, Long Beach School District (LBSD) elementary campuses will be organized by developmental stages, and district officials say that staff are hard at work preparing classrooms and learning spaces to support the move.

Quarles Elementary will serve as the district’s pre‑kindergarten through first grade facility.  Harper‑McCaughan Elementary will house second through fourth grades, and Reeves Elementary will be the school for fifth and sixth graders.

District leaders say the reorganization is a strategic move designed to enhance instructional alignment, deepen teacher collaboration, and ensure consistent, developmentally appropriate learning experiences for all students by allowing each school to focus intentionally on the academic, social and physical needs unique to the age groups they serve. By grouping students according to developmental stages, LBSD aims to create smoother transitions, strengthen continuity across campuses and foster a unified elementary experience for students and staff.

The realignment also responds to population shifts that officials say have created imbalances across elementary campuses, prompting the district to pursue a more efficient and equitable structure.