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Heads up! Our parent watchdogs have scanned the upcoming agenda for Hacienda la Puente Unified. We found 10 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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District to Buy Student Emotion-Tracking Software
The district plans to spend $4,000 on a “social-emotional learning (SEL) and academic reflection platform” from Sown to Grow, Inc. This software is designed to have students report on their feelings and goals, creating a database of their emotional states for the school to monitor and analyze.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: This is data-mining your child’s mind. Sign up for public comment. Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contact info): ‘I do not co-parent with the government and I do not consent to my child’s emotions being data-mined by an SEL vendor. Vote NO on the Sown to Grow contract in item 5.05.d.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Your Child’s Privacy
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 9) |
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$9.4 Million for After-School SEL Programs
The district is approving contracts worth $9,428,400 with the Boys & Girls Club and Delhaven Community Center for after-school programs that explicitly include “social-emotional learning.” This is a massive expenditure to outsource the emotional and psychological development of students to third-party community organizations.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contact info): ‘A $9.4 million contract for after-school SEL requires a full, public presentation of the curriculum being used. Pull item 5.05.L from the Consent Agenda for a separate discussion and roll-call vote.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $9.4M
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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Literacy Program Used to Push Racial Quotas
A $75,600 contract with the University of Florida Literacy Institute is explicitly justified by the need to fix racial “disproportionality” in special education services. This approach uses a reading program as a vehicle for an equity agenda, focusing on group racial outcomes instead of the individual academic needs of each child.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contact info): ‘Literacy must be about helping every child read, not meeting racial quotas. Vote NO on item 5.05.a, which uses ‘disproportionality’ as its primary justification.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $75,600
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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New ‘Equity’ Director Position Created
The board is appointing an “Executive Director, Equity, Access and Family Engagement” in a closed session. This new, high-level cabinet position is designed to embed DEI ideology into district policy, influencing everything from hiring and curriculum to student discipline.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Contact the District Office (see the Official Agenda link) and ask: ‘Please provide the full job description, salary, and performance metrics for the new Executive Director of Equity, Access and Family Engagement being appointed under item 1.04.c.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Institutionalizing DEI
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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School-Based Medi-Cal Program Expands Scope
The district is entering an agreement to get Medi-Cal reimbursements for activities related to “behavioral health,” “student wellness,” and “care coordination.” This creates a financial incentive for the school to identify and manage students’ health and behavioral issues, blurring the line between school and clinic and potentially operating outside of direct parental oversight.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contact info): ‘Regarding item 5.05.j, what is the exact parental notification and consent process before a student is enrolled in any ‘care coordination’ or ‘behavioral health’ service under this Medi-Cal program?’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Bypassing Parents
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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Contract for ‘Culturally-Responsive’ Platform
A $10,497 contract with Renaissance Learning (Nearpod) is for a platform explicitly described as “culturally-responsive.” This is a well-known euphemism for injecting identity politics and concepts from Critical Race Theory into classroom lessons under the guise of student engagement.
Recommended Action Plan
OPT-OUT ALERT: Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contact info): ‘Regarding item 5.05.d, parents must be able to review all ‘culturally-responsive’ content on the Nearpod platform. Please provide a parent-accessible login before this contract is approved.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $10,497
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
The board is approving a revised job description for the Director of Human Resources, but the document itself was not successfully extracted for this briefing. This role is critical for implementing DEI hiring and training, and parents must be able to see if ideological requirements are being added to key staff positions.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file attached in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm whether it contains sensitive policy changes. The file is ‘Dir, HR.pdf’ under item 7.04.a.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Undisclosed Hiring Criteria
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| 👀 MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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Taxpayer-Funded Trip to Activist Conference
The district is spending $2,205 for a board member to attend the California Latino School Boards Association (CLSBA) “Unity Conference.” This uses public education funds to send officials to a conference run by a political group that lobbies the state legislature.
Recommended Action Plan
Contact the District Office (see the Official Agenda link): ‘Regarding item 5.01.a, why are taxpayer dollars funding travel to political advocacy conferences instead of being spent in the classroom? This is not a legitimate use of school funds.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $2,205
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| ALERT (LEVEL 4) |
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‘Attendance Month’ Can Open Door to Family Surveillance
The district is passing a resolution for “Attendance Awareness Month” that focuses on tracking “Chronic Absenteeism.” This metric is often used to justify intrusive data collection and “supportive interventions” that can lead to school overreach into private family matters.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contact info): ‘Regarding Resolution 2026/27-3, what specific ‘supportive interventions’ are planned, and what family data will be collected to monitor ‘chronic absenteeism’?’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Your Family’s Privacy
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✅ Wins to Defend
Good moves worth showing up to support so they stick.
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| Major Win (LEVEL 7) |
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WIN: Board May Allow Members to Add Agenda Items
The board is discussing a change to its bylaws that would allow individual board members to publicly request future agenda items. The current restrictive process allows the Superintendent and Board President to block requests, so this change would be a major win for transparency and accountability.
How to Lock It In
AMPLIFY THIS WIN: Show up or email the Board (see Official Agenda link for contact info) to support this change! ‘We strongly support amending Bylaw 9322 to allow board members to publicly request agenda items. This is a common-sense transparency reform that empowers our elected officials.’
✅ Why It Matters: Increased Accountability
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