Schools

The newly formed Burbank Arts & Education Foundation combines the efforts of the Burbank Arts For All Foundation and the Burbank Educational Foundation into a single entity devoted to supporting public education in Burbank.

Three Burbank teachers co-founded the Justice and Equity Team (JET) as a resource for Burbank teachers who are actively rethinking their curriculum and teaching approaches to be more inclusive and actively anti-racist.

The Burbank Unified School District heard pleas from impassioned parents about continued delays of construction at Disney Elementary, along with other public comments about curriculum and distance learning, and approved a number of items including a Bond Measure Refunding/Refinancing Plan which will save local taxpayers over $5 million dollars.

Six families with third-graders in the Spanish Dual Immersion program at McKinley Elementary created a learning pod for their children's educational and social needs and to support the pod's working parents who aren't always available to supervise their child's distance learning.

The school board heard reports on Distance Learning and the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, in addition to reports from new student board members and comments from the public.

All Burbank public school students, regardless of income, may pick up five days of nutrition and lunch from their BUSD school sites at no cost, through the end of 2020 or until federal funding runs out.

The writer of the widely popular play "Almost, Maine" conducted a 90 minute AMA with Play Production students from Burbank High. The school's production of the play was stopped in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures.

Several Burbank Unified parents and students describe their typical day of remote learning, discuss the positives and negatives to the online education model and how they're dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on daily life.

Four Burbank High teachers share their perspectives navigating the new reality of 100% distance learning.

Teachers at McKinley Elementary and Luther Burbank Middle School weigh in with their perspective on remote learning, its challenges and its opportunities.