Panel gives green light to 2 new charter schools

One campus will focus on learning through voyaging, while the other will examine questions of sustainability

By Susan Essoyan

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 14, 2012

~~<p>The Public Charter School Commission voted Thursday to approve the opening of two new charter schools next year on Oahu: an elementary school that would partner with the Polynesian Voyaging Society and a secondary school focused on sustainability.</p>
<p>Robert Witt, executive director of the Hawaiian Educational Council, teamed up with Nainoa Thompson, president of the Voyaging Society, to propose the Malama Honua Learning Center. The Waimanalo school plans to open with 125 students in kindergarten through fourth grade and add another grade each year through eighth grade.</p>
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The Public Charter School Commission voted Thursday to approve the opening of two new charter schools next year on Oahu: an elementary school that would partner with the Polynesian Voyaging Society and a secondary school focused on sustainability.

Robert Witt, executive director of the Hawaiian Educational Council, teamed up with Nainoa Thompson, president of the Voyaging Society, to propose the Malama Honua Learning Center. The Waimanalo school plans to open with 125 students in kindergarten through fourth grade and add another grade each year through eighth grade. Login for more...