Esme Infante’s story about Maui Preparatory Academy’s journey to becoming a community support center was so uplifting and so informative (“Maui Prep becomes a shelter and distribution hub for fire survivors,” Star-Advertiser, Sept. 12).
Even if the state could afford it which it can’t “hardening” public schools here into fortresses is simply not feasible, not with Hawaii’s open-air, relaxed- access campuses that give students and faculty myriad ways on and off the grounds.