Rep. Bob McDermott<\/strong><\/p>\nCampbell High School principal Jon Henry Lee recently hosted an emergency meeting with state legislators to discuss an urgent situation. <\/p>\n
Campbell High School originally was designed to serve 1,800 students, but the Ewa District\u2019s population has grown more than 40 percent since 1990 and expands annually by 1.7 percent. <\/p>\n
Currently, Campbell is the largest public high school, with student enrollment at about 3,000 students, and that number is expected to increase to 3,500 students within only three years. <\/p>\n
Classes are packed with an average of 40-45 students, and the school is 30 classrooms short. <\/p>\n
Cost estimates range from $30 million to $50 million to build an additional school building. <\/p>\n
Earlier this year, the school\u2019s vice principal, Shayne Greenland, indicated that increasing classroom capacity by building portable classrooms can help relieve congestion within a relatively reasonable amount of time and cost. H<\/p>\n
owever, additional funding is needed in order to meet immediate needs. Even though a permanent building is ideal, I concurred with his logic and introduced a bill that sought to appropriate $5 million to Campbell High School for portable classrooms. <\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the bill never received a hearing. <\/p>\n
Surprisingly, none of the current drafts of the state budget being considered by the Legislature shows any plans for new Campbell classroom space. <\/p>\n
Although the state has plans for an additional high school in East Kapolei, no site has been selected. <\/p>\n
While a site has been chosen for a Ho\u2018opili high school, actual construction probably won\u2019t be completed for at least another 10 years. <\/p>\n
To add insult to injury, Campbell still does not have air conditioning. <\/p>\n
Based on previous years\u2019 estimates, at least $13 million is needed to install air conditioning for the whole school. <\/p>\n
Further, the school still awaits upgrades to its infrastructure to accommodate the air conditioning units\u2014 Gov. David Ige recently released $2.3 million to the state Department of Education for this purpose. <\/p>\n
Campbell teacher Corey Rosenlee tirelessly advocates for air conditioning, and that funding is, in part, thanks to his efforts. <\/p>\n
Much work remains to be done. <\/p>\n
The state needs to rethink its priorities if it truly wants Campbell students to succeed. <\/p>\n
Your Ewa Beach legislators all are united in working for Campbell in a bipartisan, shoulder-to-shoulder effort. <\/p>\n
However, others who work in a comfortably air conditioned, uncrowded building are only paying lip service to students. <\/p>\n
We can do better. These students, who are the future of our community, deserve better. <\/p>\n
Contact state Rep. Bob McDermott (District 40 \u2014 Ewa, Ewa Beach and Iroquois Point) at 586- 9730 or repmcdermott@capitol.hawaii.gov.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rep. Bob McDermott Campbell High School principal Jon Henry Lee recently hosted an emergency meeting with state legislators to discuss..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-west-oahu-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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