April's Accomplishments

​April is the first board member in HUSD to initiate and write policy:

• Led the District in collaboratively writing and adopting the Board Policy on Antiracism (2020) and the Board Policy on Ethnic Studies (2021)
• Led the District in collaboratively writing a Board Policy on Inclusion (coming to the board for approval this summer)
• Led the District in a major reform of disciplinary approaches, namely, moving away from punitive "student discipline" and instead toward Restorative Practices and healing-centered schools, including a collaborative rewriting of the Board Policy on Discipline (coming to the board for approval this summer)

April also sponsored the resolution to declare June as Pride Month in HUSD and co-sponsored the resolutions to bring equity to the arts and to have more intentional outreach for family engagement.

#oquenda4opportunity acknowledges that serious commitment to equity and antiracism work are necessary  to achieve racial and social justice in our educational community. 

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