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Parents urge local 7th‑grade Hawaiian immersion pathway; board offers to help coordinate with DOE
Summary
Parents and Hawaiian‑language educators told the Pearl City Neighborhood Board that Kaiapuni immersion currently ends after sixth grade, pressuring families to commute; the board offered to submit testimony and will track the matter with elected officials and DOE staff.
Parents and educators at the Jan. 26 Pearl City Neighborhood Board meeting asked the board to press the Department of Education to create a local pathway for Hawaiian immersion beyond sixth grade.
A parent representing Wai‘anae Elementary’s community testified that the kaiapuni program currently ends at sixth grade and that families are forced to commute to Kapolei or other areas if they want immersion to continue. The speaker said the native…
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