The number of public school students who showed up for their first day back at Lahaina’s three remaining public schools as they reopened this week was almost 500 short of the schools’ latest official enrollment, according to data presented Thursday to the state Board of Education.
A new online status report on Maui public schools and students affected by the Aug. 8 wildfires including campus safety testing of soil, water and air at three closed campuses in Lahaina, and reopening plans was made live by the state Department of Education on Wednesday and will be kept updated, officials said.