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ABC board president tells council district faces enrollment and budget shortfalls after summer‑school attendance drop
Summary
ABC board president Ernie Nishi told the Hawaiian Gardens council that summer‑school enrollment fell well below registration, the district has lost thousands of students since before the pandemic and faces multi‑million‑dollar funding and legal‑cost challenges that will affect next year’s budget.
During the public‑comment period on Aug. 13, Ernie Nishi, identifying himself as president of the ABC board, briefed the Hawaiian Gardens City Council on the local school district’s enrollment and budget challenges and requested continued partnership with the city.
Nishi said elementary summer school had 380 students registered but only about 175 actually attended. He said middle‑ and high‑school summer programs also experienced low attendance — “about a third of the kids, we had 400 enrolled and about a 109…
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