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The Long Beach Unified School District plans to shut down Edison Elementary School and Gompers Elementary School by the end of the 2026–2027 school year due to low enrollment and underutilization. Edison has 415 students at 44% capacity, while Gompers has 370 students at 38% capacity. Parents are protesting the closures with an online petition for Gompers that has garnered nearly 1,500 signatures, arguing that closing these schools would be devastating to the community’s sense of history and family.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-04,
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In Lakewood, California, the Long Beach Unified School District plans to close Edison Elementary School and Gompers Elementary School by the end of the 2026-2027 school year due to low enrollment and underutilization. Edison, with 415 students, operates at only about 44% capacity, while Gompers has 370 students and runs at around 38%. The district recommends relocating Edison students to either Chavez or Oropeza elementary schools, both within a mile distance, and Gompers students to Cleveland, Holmes, or MacArthur schools, all within two miles. Parents have begun organizing opposition to the closures during an upcoming meeting, with an online petition already initiated.
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The Long Beach Unified School District is expecting to shut down two schools due to low enrollment and underutilization of the institutional capacity.
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District → expect → capacity
The district has recommended that Edison Elementary School and Gompers Elementary School be closed at the end of the 2026–2027 school year.
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School → recommend → year
Edison Elementary School has a current enrollment of 415 students, nearly 40% of whom attend through the School of Choice process, the district said.
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district → have → process
The school is significantly underutilized, currently operating at approximately 44% of its program capacity.
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school → operate → capacity
Similarly, Gompers Elementary School has a current enrollment of 370 students and is operating at approximately 38% of its program capacity, according to the district.
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Edison students will move to either Chavez or Oropeza elementary schools, both located within a mile, while Gompers students will attend Cleveland, Holmes or MacArthur elementary schools, all within two miles.
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students → move → miles
Some parents have already started gathering support to push back the idea during next week’s meeting.
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An online petition started by parents of Gompers Elementary School students to keep the school open has already received nearly 1,500 signatures.
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petition → start → signatures
“My oldest son who is 13 now at Marshall middle school went to Gompers from Tk-5th.
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We loved the community and the feeling of family.
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We → love → family
It still has that homey feeling that we don’t get anywhere else other than Gompers,” Vanessa, a Lakewood resident, wrote on the petition page.
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Vanessa → have → page
A Long Beach resident, Amy said that Gompers is part of the history and backbone of the Lakewood community.
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Gompers → say → community
“My mom went to Gompers over 50 years ago.
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mom → go → Gompers
It would be devastating to all the children in the area that have a safe school to walk and ride their bikes to.
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that → have → bikes
After all the money poured into the school in the last few years for repairs, it makes ZERO sense to close it down,” she wrote.
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