Education leaders from the Lompoc Unified School District and Hancock College addressed the community at a bilingual town hall last week, tackling concerns about student achievement, equity, and access to resources in a forum that drew both parents and educators.

The event, held Aug. 21 at the DeWees Community and Senior Center, was moderated by AAUW Lompoc-Vandenberg branch president Dinah Perez Lockhart and Hancock College graduate Carmen Martinez, and hosted by LUSD and the American Association of University Women Lompoc-Vandenberg Branch. It offered live interpretation in Spanish and Mixteco, sponsored by the Fund for Santa Barbara and school district.

Ahead of the discussion, moderator Martinez acknowledged the gathering took place on ancestral Chumash land where Lompoc and Va

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