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Trustees press staff on international student program and raise child‑welfare concerns; some members warn tracking homes could chill families
Summary
Board discussion revealed the district currently has no active international students; trustees raised concerns about possible guardianship 'workarounds' and clustered housing that could bypass oversight, while others cautioned that collecting household data could alarm immigrant families and urged targeted, legally appropriate checks.
Trustees at the Hacienda la Puente Unified School District on April 21 explored why the district currently lists zero international students and whether informal guardianship arrangements may be allowing oversight to lapse.
Staff told the board that the district’s last recorded international enrollments were in 2021 during the pandemic and that an application to the federal program has been submitted for the coming year. Trustees noted federal rules require charging the full unsubsidized per‑capita cost for international…
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