92-641 Malahuna Loop, Kapolei, HI 96707

Leadership (mainly the principal) has caused many teachers and staff to leave the school. When I started, there had already been 2 years of faculty changes. After I left, there had been more. The faculty is pretty much all new except for a few dedicated teachers who have been working there a long time. That is not to say these new teachers are bad, but they are inexperienced—either in the field and/or teaching in this community. So there is a lot of uncertainty among the school as a whole. The principal does not support the faculty and staff as she should. She is a major micromanager. And everyone decides to leave and not say anything because they fear retaliation. So she continues on to say, “so-and-so had no complaints about me, so I must be fine.” The school has gone through a lot of review with HSTA. I don’t know where they are in the process right now, but when I was there last, things were not good. But the principal somehow keeps sticking around. It was very hard leaving the school and the students behind in what I knew was a toxic environment, but I had to do what was best for me. As did so many other awesome, hardworking teachers and staff who have left by now. These students and their families deserve so much better.