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AU: Mr. Chair, can you hear me, I have a question. <br /> REPLOGLE: Yes, Mr. Au. <br /> AU: I think my bandwidth is not that good, but can you hear me, okay? <br /> REPLOGLE: I can hear you. <br /> AU: Okay, I have a question for you, Ms. Kirkham. Thank you for coming to testify, it's nice to <br /> see our young keiki out there being part of this government process, and I do understand you're <br /> reading off a script. <br /> KIRKHAM: Yes, I had some things to add like off script if I do have the time. But I'm open to <br /> questions. <br /> AU: Okay, well just I don't have a question for you, I just want you to maybe just express in a <br /> really, really brief statement of why you think your school should be in this particular location, <br /> with all the controversy going around? So please just take a really quick second to think about <br /> what you're going to say before you say it. Gather your thoughts, but just share with me why <br /> you think it's important to have this school in this location with the controversy going on? <br /> KIRKHAM: Because I believe that Connections cares about the community within our school <br /> and outside of our school and cares about the students even once they leave. Having the school <br /> in this location would create a healthy and safe environment for a lot of students and create jobs <br /> for a lot of people. And it kind of saddens me that some of the people here seem to be slandering <br /> our school and our students and saying it's one of the worst schools in Hawaii. Because I see <br /> what they're saying from an academic standpoint to some degree but, because I know the <br /> statistics, but I don't think we have the worst school. I think our school is very unique in the way <br /> it teaches but that's because our students are very unique and everyone is different in their <br /> learning and I believe that having a school that is outside will create so many opportunities for <br /> people in life, including people like myself. Because I'm disabled and having a school where I <br /> can learn through my disabilities without feeling like I'm being held back and confined it's very <br /> nice to think about the future of the next generation after mine getting "—"because it will be <br /> down the line to have a school. It's very nice to think that the future keiki can have a wonderful <br /> childhood experience. <br /> AU: Thank you. <br /> KIRKHAM: Thank you for listening and thank you for your time. <br /> REPLOGLE: Anything any other questions? Okay, thank you Sadira that was very good, well <br /> spoken. Next, we have Ngetroi Rall also a student. <br /> BALL: Hello. <br /> REPLOGLE: Good morning. <br /> 11 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />