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Honolulu Star Bulletin March 8, 2009

Waive Schools Tuition, Testing

It's about time that Kamehameha Schools waive tuition and testing for all.

If they don't do that, only the rich and the "smart ones" will get in, and lately, Kamehameha Schools has been caught up in legal cases, splurging our moneys (from Princess Pauahi) on attorneys who are like vultures waiting to come in for the kill.

The only ones who suffer from the lack of ike (understanding) on the part of Kamehameha Schools is our children and our grandchildren, who are the ones who need to be in the schools that were created for educational purposes.

As a mother and grandmother of Hawaiian children, it is my hope that Kamehameha Schools take the leap and drop not only tuition fees, but the "testing," the ways that block all Hawaiian children from benefiting from this sacred trust. Bernice Pauahi Paki Bishop gave of her lands and funds to see her people benefit and make a real life for themselves and their ohana and to play a positive role in their government.