News | /2008/05/09/

[CPR 27]

Kupuna wrote:

Better late than never...and it would be even better if the estate could set aside most of its revenues for Pre-K through post-graduate study through internships, scholarships, tuition waivers, etc. regardless of academic potential and/or financial need. Mahalo Nui Loa

Perfectly put! Regardless...if there is interest by the child and parent(s) for private education, help fund them.

[Manoa Mist]

JMiguel: you got all the answers, don't ya buddy? Guess what? KS has more than 30 preschools across the state already, and is the second largest private provider of preschool education in Hawaii.
Try get your facts straight JMiguel.
This scholarship program has to start somewhere, and KS should be commended for this.
As to the $9 billion, the school is bound by a Probate Court-approved spending policy to assure its assets last as a perpetual trust.
The school continues to do more and more, yet some folks apparently are never satisfied, or just plain uninformed.
Aloha.

[Warrior Nation]

It's a first step in the right direction...we start with a few seeds planted in good soil...then watch it grow. We all know the return on investment will be many more families having access to quality education. Imua Kamehameha. The spirit of Princess Pauahi is perpetuated today!

[Hapa Wahine]

It touches my heart to see KSBE reach out to non-KSBE students. Malama na keiki...how about Hawaiian students with special education needs such as dyslexia, learning disabilities, etc. Has/does KSBE support these non-kindergarden age children?

[Observer]

Nevah Happy wrote:

@JMiguel - You think that all of the $$$ that they have has to go to all hawaiian kids? So you are saying that they should spend all of their money so that they can fund for everyone without thinking of the perpetuity of the endowment and the other things that KS does? The schools are only one portion of the whole. You are one of the many people who think that the school does not do enough. At least it is a step in the right direction. They are trying to start a long lasting program that will benefit all Hawaiians. It is a long term goal and the effects will not be seen for many years. Do not be so short sighted and want for the instant gratification.

That's telling em! Yes, they do have a lot of money but
it must be perpetuated for many years to come for all campuses. They subsidize a great portion of the students tuition now. Can anyone imagine if a student had to cover the entire cost of a private school education. But the perpetual decision remains. Do you take the best of the best academically or do you take all. The best and the brightest will succeed anywhere.

[Brown man]

IMUA KAMEHAMEHA wrote:

I am a working single parent, who has been blessed with 3 children 2 whom have graduated from Kamehameha and my last son will be graduating this year. Their are well rounded adults now and educated by the Pauahi Trust, but my children worked very hard to get to where they are today. It did not get handed to them, like some Hawaiians feel that it should. Hard Work and Dedication is what more of us Hawaiians need, do not talk about struggle, as human's everyone struggles not just Hawaiians!

Congratulations to you. Most likely you were an exceptional parent. Education starts in the home.

[Pomaikaiokalani]

About time Kamehameha Schools Trustees do something to help all Hawaiian children especially those not able to get accepted into Kamehameha Schools. This is a Step in the Right Direction. Long over due. Imua Kamehameha.

[Keaaaleeluuleeop a]

Where is a good place to catch opihi?

[Betty in Kahala]

I recently moved to Oahu from the United States and live in Kahala. I'm just wondering. I did not realize before moving here, how discrimatory and hateful the Hawaiians are to the rest of the world. Why is that so? I wonder if I should move back to the mainland where hospitality reigns.

Please let me and others know the reasons for what appears to be a deeply rooted scar from the past.

Mahalo.

[R u Crazy]

Keaaaleeluuleeopa wrote:

It's important......becuase it is what ......and then think about how it does.....so no matter where I can see that the message is. Take the turn, and that is what I hope to get to the store.

Are you on DRUGS!

[RIchard in Waikiki]

Betty in Kahala wrote:

I recently moved to Oahu from the United States and live in Kahala. I'm just wondering. I did not realize before moving here, how discrimatory and hateful the Hawaiians are to the rest of the world. Why is that so? I wonder if I should move back to the mainland where hospitality reigns.
Please let me and others know the reasons for what appears to be a deeply rooted scar from the past.
Mahalo.

Betty:........I feel your pain. Aren't there many others like us recently transplanted residents who completely don't understand any of the Hawaiian's "chips on their shoulders"?.........speak up!!!

[Julie]

I feel that they are doing this only now because of the recent media coverage where Kamehameha Schools and it's Directors were being accused of hording money and not spending enough on the education of Hawaiian Children. Why only open it up to the upcoming kindergaten student and not all the children with hawaiian ancestry.

[Rejected twice]

I applied twice for the Pauahi Keiki Scholarship and was twice denied. I have two pre-schoolers. My husband and I aren't rich -- but Kamehameha thinks so. We don't live beyond our means -- we don't have car loans; we don't have credit card debt because we don't buy what we can't afford; we buy stuff on sale; we don't go on trips and we try to save a buck here and there where we can. But apparently, this makes us too "rich" to qualify for aid. I don't get it. Do we need to be in debt so we qualify for aid? It's not fair.

[Elvis Presely]

I agree with Betty and Richard..........in fact, I'm going to write a song about it, as soon as I can find my guitar......

[Kalani]

I can't get my children in either, and also we are neither rich or poor......and many of my friends have always had the same problem. Let's all start a protest against Kamehameha Schools and march through Waikiki in defiance of their discrimatory procedures.

[JMiguel]

DEAR MANOA MIST:
How many Hawaiian preschoolers are schooled by KSBE? And if you say the word "perpetual" or "perpetuity" one more time I'm going to vomit.
I think many people in Hawai'i get physically ill when you or KSBE trustees or their representatives say that their endowment of billions upon billions of dollars has to last for perpetuity. I'll be satisfied when I stop seeing so many Native Hawaiians in Hawai'i and mainland prisons. Prison outside of Portland full of Hawaiians...young and old. Why is this? Does anyone care about the poverty Hawaiian children and adults?
JMiguel

[kanani]

How wonderful that KSBE will be doing a bit more for the "real" disadvantaged Hawaiian Keiki that the Princess intended to educate in the 1st place. Her heart was for the Orphaned and poor Keiki of Hawaii. I understand that 80 plus 8th grade students on Maui or Kauai applied for 9th grade and only 16 were chosen. So where do the remaining 64 plus 8th graders go for the their High School education? Anyone can do the Math there are many many children that deserve this kind of assistance. But why is KSBE not reaching out to the middle and High School students that are denied admission year after year???????

[JMiguel]

MANOA MIST:
Do you have any schema for how much $1,000,000,000 a year is? Now multiply that by about 10-20 times. And then tell me how many Hawaiian preschoolers and K-12 students get to attend a Kamehameha School? You just show how untutored your opinion is when you say the KS & BE have to make their assets last forever. I think some of the Native American tribes think 64 generations ahead. Is that what the Trustees are doing? Meanwhile take a field trip to one of our prisons.
JMiguel

[JMiguel]

Kamehameha won't give you any money for college unless you're sleeping under a picnic table at the beach. They won't even give money to their graduates who've been accepted at Ivy League colleges. So the kids end up taking an academic scholarship at a lower-tier college. Nice going guys.

[JMiguel]

DEAR OBSERVER:
That's the point...the best and brightest (current KS students) could learn anywhere like in the DOE..."it's the poverty students stupid" that need Kamehameha Schools's help. And stop the "perpetuity" crap..it;s sickening. Go visit one of our prisons and count the number of Native Hawaiians inside the cages. There's no excuse for this when there is a multi-billion dollar trust established to help Hawaiians who live below the poverty line. If KSBE were in the Bible they would be stoned to death.
JMiguel

OBSERVER QUOTED:
That's telling em! Yes, they do have a lot of money but
it must be perpetuated for many years to come for all campuses. They subsidize a great portion of the students tuition now. Can anyone imagine if a student had to cover the entire cost of a private school education. But the perpetual decision remains. Do you take the best of the best academically or do you take all. The best and the brightest will succeed anywhere.