As past President and current School Board Member of Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, Gino Kwok’s proudest accomplishment was UNITING OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT ALL CHILDREN. This allowed him to achieve these goals for the FIRST TIME IN HLPUSD’S 45-YEAR HISTORY when he was Board President.


As HLPUSD
Board President
Awarded 48 Gino Kwok Scholarships
$40 million of School Improvements Without Tax Increase
New facilities at all high schools (Including new football fields/tracks at Wilson, Los Altos, Workman; new pool at La Puente HS)
Opened
- Hacienda Heights Community Center
- Orange Grove Park
- Puente Creek Nature Education Center
Participated in La Puente High School’s 100th Anniversary Celebration
Established AA Degree Program (College Transferable)
Free breakfast for every student
Donated nearly 1,000 musical instruments



In addition, during
his term in the
Hacienda La Puente
Unified School District
Increased
Student test scores
New
Science Labs
Math Courses
New and Expanded
Chinese and Spanish language programs
District maintained balanced
Budgets/strong cash reserves
No
Teacher Layoffs
Higher
graduation rates
More
college-bound students
Enhanced
technical training
Greater
parental involvement
