92-737 Paakai St
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.

This school is great, clean, close by.

This school Is amazing!!!!! They have four tracks (Green,Yellow,Red and Blue). The tracks have their own "reputation".Green=NerdsRed=Athletes/Tough guysBlue=WeirdosYellow=Cool kids

Most teachers are trying really hard, and really care about student success. The class sizes are really big - one teacher usually has 30 students, and the SpEd assistant helps out with particular students most of the time. But most students want to be successful, and the vast majority of the staff work hard to help them. But when every teacher sees 150-180 students, the handful of bad apples quickly color the experience for everyone. The project-based-learning concept works in some places, but this school is still tied to the district requirements that undermine that system. They have to teach certain traditional classes, which means they can't work in teams to create really useful and interesting multi-disciplinary projects. So most staff and students here are wonderful and trying really hard, but are being undermined by a rigid district system and the administration not dealing effectively with the few trouble makers.

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