Long Beach Unified announced Thursday that Hoover Middle School will close at the end of this academic year, displacing hundreds of students and staff, according to district communications reviewed by the Long Beach Post.
The building will be repurposed for the district’s Spanish-English dual immersion program, and current Hoover students will primarily be diverted to nearby Bancroft Middle School for the 2026-27 school year, according to the communications.
The district said that interest in dual immersion is increasing, according to a message signed by Superintendent Jill Baker and sent Thursday to parents and guardians of dual immersion students in grades TK-5. Keller Middle School, the only district campus where students can continue dual immersion in a schoolwide model, cannot accommodate the growing interest in the program, Baker wrote…