Kamaile Academy PCS

Kamehameha Schools pumps funds into sites of all sizes

Susan Essoyan, Star Advertiser

As schools of choice, startup charter schools must attract students to survive.

They depend largely on per-pupil money from the state, and without enough enrollment to cover their overhead, they risk going out of business.

"If you look at charter schools across the country, on average 10 percent of charters are revoked each year," said Rep. Roy Takumi, chairman of the House Education Committee. "Why? It's because they are meant to be experiments. There are going to be some successes and some failures.

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Charter school heads fired

Mary Vorsino, Star Advertiser

Kamaile Academy's board says the move was needed to qualify for federal funding

 

The governing board of a public charter school in Waianae has fired its top two administrators as part of a dramatic transformation bid to turn around the low-performing school.

Kamaile Academy Chief Executive Officer Glen Kila and Principal Clarence De Lude were dismissed last week by the board but are staying on during a transition period.

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School's plan aims high

Mary Vorsino, Star Advertiser

Kamaile Academy, where just one out of four kindergarten students has preschool experience, will roll out an ambitious plan over the next year to increase sixfold the number of children in its preschool classes -- to 250 from 40 -- and set up a "baby college" to teach new moms and dads how to be better parents.

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