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Hacienda La Puente board approves summer programs, tech contracts and a mural after debate on costs and access
Summary
The Hacienda La Puente Unified School District Board approved multiple contracts including a summer speech-and-debate camp ($87,780), an AI reading-monitoring tool ($22,230), remote IT licensing ($22,001.32), and a $52,480 mural project after discussion about cost, equity and student access.
The Hacienda La Puente Unified School District Board on Feb. 26 approved several contracts for summer programming and district services after trustees pressed staff for more detail on costs, access and student safeguards.
The board approved a renewal with Advantage Communications to provide a July 6–17, 2026 speech-and-debate summer camp for up to $87,780. Vice President Adriana Quinones and other trustees emphasized the program’s academic benefits but asked for transparency around per‑pupil spending and an explicit transportation plan to ensure students identified in the district’s LREBG (Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant) executive summary can attend. “We need to let the community know what the purpose of the learning recovery funds is and what the…
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