People tonight was so beautiful and said all the right things, sadly, it rest on the hearts (less) of the Ho'okako'o Corporation for Mr. Glenn Kila and Mr. Clarence DeLude to remain on board for their remainder of their contract that was agreed upon and assumed that it would be honored.
Tonight’s meeting was a champion of mothers speaking out as to how their children are doing so well at Kamaile Elementary whereas they were rejected from other schools. Kamaile Elementary has village type setting where children from poverty to poor feel good about themselves, however, long it takes them. They know that Kamaile Elementary routine to try their best by refocusing even though things are scary at home--their classroom is a safe place. These children get into groups and they help each other to learn not to cheat, but to motivate and support each others thinking process through not only love, but to honor each other with personal space.
The Ho'okako'o Board comes from privilege communities and have although they claim to have actually have no real world understanding of what a child goes through sleeping under bushes or in a tent from a hardware store to a 56 million dollar State-Federal run tent.
Kamaile children sit in portables that are so hot and miserable, it would be best to take them outside and sit under a shaded tree where they could concentrate better on their classwork. Ho'okalo'o Board wanted the Principals to build more portables instead of real classrooms. Where is the safety in that? The Board's idea of 'Piko' means a lint trap!
Instead of a transitional process the Ho'okalo'o Board decided to do a public hanging before the children at Kamaile as well as concern citizens of Waianae and their supporters. Next week is HSA testing and this 'hurtful' news has caused tremendous amounts of stress in every child at Kamaile Elementary.
I am a public school graduate and I believe that children graduating from such an environment enters their community with lots of love and understanding for themselves and others. Especially the very young and the old that are most vulnerable. For these children see themselves within a community and do have the ability to face day to day challenges that occurs in a poverty community. This Board has no sense of place in Waianae for they lack public community experiences. Their developmental stages for community activities are none existing therefore they Ho'okako'o Corporation should all be terminated and cease to exist in Waianae.
I am truly up front and honest with my children that they have to be conscious of their community and give back each day--and they do! What I mean is to give a gift of love. Unlike the top down version as with what Ho'okako'o Corporation is doing to the children of Kamaile Elementary and their families. May the people stand firm in their want of a transitioning process and not-- "off with their heads!" not so cool action!
Here are the Board Members of Ho'okako'o Corporation
Keith Vieira
Chair, Ho`okāko`o Corporation Board of Directors
Senior Vice President
Director of Operations for Hawaii & French Polynesia
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Pauline Lo Bailey
Vice Chair, Ho`okāko`o Corporation Board of Directors
Director of Human Resources & Co-Curricular Programs
Punahou School
Megan McCorriston
President, Ho`okāko`o Corporation Board of Directors
Executive Director
Ho`okāko`o Corporation
Robert Witt
Vice President, Ho`okāko`o Corporation
Executive Director
Hawaii Association of Independent Schools
Edwina Clarke
Secretary, Ho`okāko`o Corporation
Community Volunteer
Claire Asam
Trustee
Queen Lili`uokalani Trust
Allen Awaya
Legislative Assistant
Hawaii State Senate/Office of Senator Norman Sakamoto
Ann Botticelli
Vice President for Community Relations
Kamehameha Schools
Elisabeth Chun
Executive Director
Good Beginnings Alliance
H. Mitchell D’Olier
President & CEO
Kaneohe Ranch Co., LTD
Guy H. Kaulukukui
Associate Director for Strategic Partnerships
The Kohala Center
Ray Soon
Managing Partner
Solutions Pacific, LLC.
Rose Yamada
Curriculum and Professional Development Consultant
Retired Department of Education Director
Donald Young
Director, Curriculum Research & Development Group
College of Education, University of Hawaii
National Advisory Board
Ho’okako’o set up a National Advisory Board (NAB) that meets with community partners to further support our work and provide external perspective on policies and programs that might benefit public education and Hawaiian Conversion Charter schools. Members of NAB include:
· Dr. Yvonne Chan, Vaughn New Century Conversion Charter School
· Dr. Guilbert Hentschke, USC Rossier School of Education
· Bruno Manno, Walton Family Foundation
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Sic 'em Fido!
True, these donkeys are just little minds and will not pass the Bishiop Estate wannabe trustee career goals in their life time. Just as what Kealii Lopez did to Olelo with Kawika and then became third finalist for Bishop Estate Trustee. Your are right, I asked Glenn if there will be a suit filed for injury to the children.
When I use to walk to the portables in the back, I use to cough on my way to it and as I am sitting in my chair I can still remember feeling so ill. During speech I couldn't speak and therefore had to always remove myself from the class. My husband use to laugh, we both had the same class. There is a photo of me in the school album sitting in that classroom and you are right about the oil floors, ugh!
This was timed perfectly by Keath Vieira to fire Glen just before HSA to sabotage their scores. So, that they can receive millons of dollars worth of grant monies. The children were ready to do exceptionally well on their HSA because they have been working at it at 7 am in the morning, no recess, and after school tutoring. These are Waianae Coast children that live under tents and bushes. That's what Kamaile Academy is premised on to take care of our children on the Waianae Coast that most elementary schools in Waianae did not want in the first place.