Hawai'i should close public schools with low enrollment to free up money for improving other schools this way the State can save money. This was brought up in a meeting of the State Economic Momentum Commission.
I think this idea would work in most areas because having a school open for 100-250 students makes no sense. I've been with the DOE for over 20 years and have been at large schools and small, I've often wondered why some of these small schools like Laupahoehoe on Hawaii island need to still be open. When I was working there, we had one class for every grade k-12. The graduating class had 30 students who could have been bus to Hilo and Honokaa.
They would have gotten a better education in a larger school.
I think this idea would work in most areas because having a school open for 100-250 students makes no sense. I've been with the DOE for over 20 years and have been at large schools and small, I've often wondered why some of these small schools like Laupahoehoe on Hawaii island need to still be open. When I was working there, we had one class for every grade k-12. The graduating class had 30 students who could have been bus to Hilo and Honokaa.
They would have gotten a better education in a larger school.
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