Voices of Kahuku
Real Stories. Real People. Real Reasons for Change.
"Our administration is not very good. I definitely think it is time for a big change, and I hope everyone agrees."---Current Kahuku Student​
"I don't feel safe on campus. There are so many fights."
---Current Kahuku Student
"I don't feel like the principal cares for us."---Current Kahuku Student
​"I don't even know what she (the principal) looks like. She only comes to work two times a week."---Current Kahuku Student
"Most of the bathrooms are broken or gross. We have to walk all over to find a clean, working bathroom. Our teacher punishes us because we took so long trying to find a bathroom."--Current Kahuku Student
​"I go to "Sub Hub" in the cafe at least three times a week. I sometimes spend four periods in "Sub Hub" sitting on my phone because we don't have a sub."
--Current Kahuku Student
"Last year, my English teacher was out almost the entire year. We had a substitute who didn’t know the material and wasn’t able to teach us. At the end of the semester, someone who never even taught us was the one grading our work. It felt unfair and like our education didn’t matter.”
---Current Kahuku Student
​They (administration) always yells at us and is so mean to us. They are always having a bad day."
---Current Kahuku Student
“Things don't get done in an efficient manner. We work in a hostile environment. where if she (the principal) found out we were speaking out, we would be black balled. "​
--- Current Kahuku Teacher
"Administration singled me out in front of the rest of the administration for bringing up a student's concern."---Current Kahuku Staff
"Teachers don't speak out because they are so fearful. It's like adult bullying"--Current Kahuku Teacher
“The principal lacks transparency, and is not a visionary. She is not proactice, she is reactive." --Current Kahuku Teacher
"There are no policies in place to support us as teachers. There is no attendance policy or dress code policy in place. If students cut class, there is no policy in place to adress it. "--Current Kahuku Teacher ​
"One of my staff friends told me that one of the administrators harassed them by asking why she LIKED a certain Facebook Live. My friend ending up lying and saying she didn't realize she LIKED the video because she felt intimidated." ---Current Kahuku Teacher
"When I spoke to the principal to discuss a rude email that was sent to my child who was struggling with mental health issues from one of the administrators, the principal laughed."
--Kahuku Parent​​
​“I have been fighting an ongoing battle with the principal who has failed to meet my child's accommodations. It's been months of back and forth with the principal while my child has been suffering."
--Kahuku Parent​​
"We still have not received a response as to why a staff member who is under investigation for manslaughter is on campus with our children."
--Kahuku Parent​​
"Teachers who quit have not been replaced because teachers don't want to work under her leadership. My child has two classes that are being taught by long-term subs who do not meet the basic teacher qualifications."
---Kahuku Parent
"We already enrolled our child into home-school for 7th grade because we just don't want to send him to Kahuku next year."--Current Laie School Parent
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“It is not the Kahuku I remember. There is no school spirit.'
---Kahuku Alumni​
"The principal is so disconnected from the community because She has burned so many bridges. This is why so many community members are hesitant in helping the school nowadays. We only there for the kids." --Kahuku Alumni
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"She needs to go. She doesn't care for the kids and is only there for her six-figure pay check.'---Kahuku Alumni