Hacienda La Puente Unified board adopts agenda, moves into closed session; no actions reported

Hacienda La Puente Unified School District trustees opened the meeting and adopted the evening’s agenda, then voted to adjourn the public portion into a closed session at 4:10 p.m. The board later reconvened at 10:16 p.m. and reported no actions were taken in closed session before adjourning.

Trustee Dela Torre delivered a land acknowledgment at the start of the meeting, saying, “We recognize that the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District rests upon the unceded ancestral homelands, villages, and lineages of the Gabrielino Native American peoples.” The statement named local villages and called for rebuilding relations and institutional accountability.

A motion to adopt the agenda was made during the meeting; the transcript records the motion as made by Ms. Loera. The transcript is unclear about the name of the trustee who seconded that motion. The board proceeded to a roll-call process and approved the agenda with no discussion recorded.

Later, Trustee Nancy Loera moved to adjourn into closed session and Trustee Dela Torre seconded. The clerk’s roll call for that motion recorded three ayes and two absences; the meeting was adjourned to closed session at 4:10 p.m. When the board reconvened the public meeting at 10:16 p.m., officials announced there had been no actions taken during the closed session.

A final motion to adjourn the meeting was made and seconded; the clerk completed a roll call and the presiding official announced the meeting adjourned.