WAI‘ANAE COAST NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 24

EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND SAFETY COMMITTEE AGENDA
Monday, September 08, 2025 FROM 6:30 P.M. – 7:30 P.M.
IN-PERSON:
Waiʻanae Assembly of God Church: 84-123 Mākaha Valley Road, Waiʻanae, HI 96792

Rules of Speaking: Anyone wishing to speak is asked to a) in attendance at physical location please raise your hand to be recognized by the chair; When recognized by the Chair, state your name for the record and then address comments to the Chair. Speakers are encouraged to keep their comments under two (2) minutes, and those giving reports are urged to keep their reports to three (3) or five (5) minutes or less, including Q&A, and depending on your Item section allotment.
Please silence all electronic devices in physical location if you need to answer a call please step outside.

Working Agreements: Please be respectful while others are speaking, let’s agree to disagree and please refrain from making any comments and gestures towards fellow community members on any topic. While addressing concern please stay within the 2 minutes or yield the remaining of your time if less and try to stay on topic one concern at a time. No more than two concerns shall be heard in one single meeting any more than the allotted amount please feel free to fill out our concern sheets in writing or speak to me after our meeting is adjourned.

Note: This committee may not act on any agenda item, unless voted and added to General Board Meeting. We are here to discuss our concerns as a community and address and find solutions together. If a vote is needed after proper protocols, it may be added to our General Board Meeting for discussion and voting.

I. Welcome / Introductions

II. Opening Prayer – Chair Endo

III. School Issues:
a. Start of the 2025-2026 School year
b. Safe Schools – What is DOE doing to make our schools safe?
c. Every Student Succeed Act (ESSA) –
d. After School Program that Prepare Student for the Workforce (Homegrown Teachers, Police Department, EMS)
e. RYSE
f. Others

IV. Leihoku Elementary School – Student Enrollment –
a. Concerns
b. Student Enrollment
c. Teacher Concerns
d. SCC/PTSA Meeting- Time/Place

V. Wai’anae Elementary School – Student Enrollment –
a. Concerns
b. Student Enrollment
c. Teacher Concerns
d. SCC/PTSA Meeting- Time/Place

VI. Kamaile Academy – Public charter – Student Enrollment –
a. Concerns
b. Student Enrollment
c. Teacher Concerns
d. SCC/PTSA Meeting- Time/Place

VII. Makaha Elementary School – Student Enrollment –
a. Concerns
b. Student Enrollment
c. Teacher Concerns
d. SCC/PTSA Meeting- They have a quarterly meeting in the library. Meeting time and dates to be announced.

VIII. Wai’anae Intermediate School – Student Enrollment –
a. Concerns
b. Student Enrollment
c. Teacher Concerns
d. SCC/PTSA Meeting- SCC – TBA

IX. Wai’anae High School – Student Enrollment –
a. Concerns
b. Student Enrollment
c. Teacher Concerns
d. SCC/PTSA Meeting- SCC – TBA

X. Waianae Complex –
a. Leeward Community College, Waiʻanae Campus
b. Waianae Health Academy –
c. Adult School –
d. Makaha Learning Center-
e. Kamehameha Learning Center in Maili –
f. Inpeace

XI. Health and Safety Concerns-

XII. Other Concerns

XIII. Announcements

XIV. Next Meeting – Tuesday, October 13, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

XV. Adjournment

A mailing list is maintained for interested persons and agencies to receive this board’s agenda and minutes. Additions, corrections, and deletions to the mailing list may be directed to the Neighborhood Commission Office (NCO) at Kapālama Hale, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 160, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96817, by telephone on (808) 768-3710, fax (808) 768-3711, or e-mailing nco@honolulu.gov. Agenda documents and minutes are also available online at http://www.honolulu.gov/nco/boards.html

All written testimony must be received in the Neighborhood Commission Office 48 hours prior to the meeting. If within 48 hours of the meeting, written and/or oral testimony may be submitted directly to the Board at the meeting. If submitting written testimony, please note the Board and agenda item(s) your testimony concerns. Send to: Neighborhood Commission Office, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 160, Honolulu, HI 96817, fax (808) 768-3711, or email nbtestimony@honolulu.gov.

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability or an interpreter for a language other than English, please call the Neighborhood Commission Office at (808) 768-3710 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. or send an email to nco@honolulu.gov at least three (3) business days before the scheduled meeting. It may not be possible to fulfill requests received after this date.

To view agenda and minutes, visit our board website.

Event shows physical location; however, other options of participation may also include WebEx and phone.  If available, instructions for WebEx and phone can be found at the top of the agenda.