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With the new year will come a new temporary campus for Maui’s King Kamehameha III Elementary School — and let’s hope it comes sooner rather than later. Current estimates have the temporary campus opening to students and faculty around late February or March, based on a timeline from the Army Corps of Engineers.
The new school in Pulelehua, near Kapalua Airport, will replace the old one damaged beyond repair by the Aug. 8 Lahaina wildfire; in the interim, King Kamehameha III students are co-sharing facilities at Princess Nahienaena Elementary School. That likely makes for tight quarters for everyone, so the faster the Pulelehua school is operational, the better for all.