You want a community center with that?

Who says hamburgers aren’t good for you?

The empire that is McDonald’s has enabled its philanthropist founder, the late Ray Kroc and wife Joan, to do all kinds of good works of major scale around the country.

Now, finishing touches are being made on the Kroc Center Hawaii in East Kapolei, an impressive $133 million project that’s sure to be a boon to that community, and the state, when it opens in January. Seeded by a $110 million grant from the Krocs’ estate and $23 million more from local fundraising, the project’s many cool features include a pool with twisting tube slides and lazy river, classrooms and education center, huge gym, ball fields, performing arts theater, child care center and cafe. We can hardly wait to get out there.

For charter schools, good news with a caveat

The recent ruling on the Waters of Life Public Charter School lawsuit gives new meaning to the term "moot court."

The Intermediate Court of Appeals affirmed that charter schools and their local school boards are state entities and can’t sue other state entities. The Hilo school had challenged a decision by the Charter School Review Panel to revoke its charter, arguing that the state school board had not yet adopted rules governing revocation.

The review panel ultimately kept the school on probation, things got better at Word of Life and it’s out of hot water. So the intermediate court’s decision about jurisdiction won’t change anything.

Except now, any other charter school in trouble got a clear message: The review panel is the boss of you — don’t bother suing.