How One Private School Is Trying To Help Public Schools Catch Up - Honolulu Civil Beat
How One Private School Is Trying To Help Public Schools Catch Up
Hanahauoli School, a private elementary school, said its tuition-free virtual summer school for DOE kids is made possible by a donation from a local family. Reading time: 6 minutes.
Some public school parents are seizing an opportunity to register their kids in a tuition-free virtual summer school at a private school eager to help students who are struggling because of the now year-old pandemic.
It’s the second year of the program, which debuted last summer “in direct response to the critical community needs” with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and disruption to student learning, the school said. But Hanahauoli broadened access this year by doubling capacity to 96 slots, with priority given to kids demonstrating financial need.