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Students, teachers and unions urge board to protect Youth Cinema Project and arts programs amid budgettalks
Summary
Students, parents, teachers and union leaders urged the Hacienda La Puente board to preserve the Youth Cinema Project, VAPA and music programs, citing student opportunity, Prop 28/AB 181 funding, and the need for instruments and program continuity.
Dozens of students, teachers, parents and union representatives told the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District board that the Youth Cinema Project (YCP), visual and performing arts (VAPA) classes and school music programs should be retained and funded.
Students from La Puente High School and middle schools described YCP as a pathway that helped them find careers and college opportunities; several said cutting the summer program or the pathway would remove critical creative and career training. Alexis Preciado, a La Puente High senior, told the board that losing YCP…
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