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Milpitas Unified board adopts resolution recognizing National Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month
Summary
The Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education on Sept. 9, 2025 adopted Resolution 2026.3 recognizing Sept. 15–Oct. 15 as National Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month. Student leader Chloe Cabrera read the resolution, which cites national history and local cultural sites.
Chloe Cabrera, an officer in the Latino Student Union at Midas High School, read Resolution 2026.3 and asked the Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education to recognize Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 as National Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month.
The resolution traces the observance to 1968, saying President Lyndon Johnson began the celebration as a week and that President Ronald Reagan expanded it to a month by signing legislation on Aug. 17, 1988. It defines "Latinx" as a gender‑neutral term used for people of Latin American origin or descent and highlights both national figures and local heritage sites.
The text cites historic and civic examples to illustrate the month’s purpose, listing Cesar Chávez, astronaut Ellen Ochoa, film director Alfonso Cuarón and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor among the notable individuals the resolution references. It also names local landmarks — the San José María Alviso Adobe and the José Higuera Adobe — and refers to local leaders named in the text, Mayor Carmen Montano and Police Chief Jared Hernandez, for their roles in elevating Hispanic voices.
The resolution includes a brief history of civic organizations and events the text credits with advancing Hispanic civic life, naming groups such as the League of United Latin American Citizens, the United Farm Workers and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. It says the district will join other communities in observing National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month to celebrate the histories, cultures and contributions of people whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
The transcript records that Resolution 2026.3 "passed and [was] adopted by the Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education at a meeting held on September 9, 2025 by the following vote." The transcript does not provide the vote tally or the names of a mover and seconder.
The board’s adoption places the district alongside other local governments and school districts that formally recognize the month; the resolution text emphasizes both national history and local cultural landmarks as reasons for the observance.
