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really hope to use those products like at school, like for our lunches which would provide <br /> healthier meals, more locally sourced meals and it's honestly been my own personal experience. <br /> The staff at Connections cares very deeply about their students, they view them not only as <br /> students, but as family. And we care about our family and our neighbors, the environment, we <br /> really want to do all we can for them, and despite the fact that my classmates and I will likely not <br /> be around the school by the time a new campus would be built. We still want to work as hard as <br /> we can for the next generation of students, that they can have better resources than we ever did. <br /> We do this because those kids to come after us are going to be our future, and we have to do the <br /> best we all can to make sure they get a bright one. That's all I have to say. <br /> REPLOGLE: Thank you Kaitlyn and last will be Krysta Costa, also a student. <br /> COSTA: Yo, what's up everyone? <br /> REPLOGLE: Good morning, Krysta. You may begin. <br /> COSTA: I'm a senior currently going into college. <br /> REPLOGLE: Did you say your name and where you live? <br /> COSTA: Sure, my name is Krysta Costa and I live in Downtown Hilo. Really— <br /> REPLOGLE: Thank you. <br /> COSTA: So, I'm a senior at Connections and I've been here since fourth grade. I really feel the <br /> support that they give and last year I was a hybrid student, and this year is the same. However, <br /> this year is vastly different, I've had much more fun in so many great new memories and learned <br /> a lot. I was lucky enough to be able to work and help out at the schools Kaumana property. One <br /> of the distinctive memory from my time working out there was quite the memorable one. I was <br /> feeling hungry, and I went up to the waiwi tree that they had and one of the workers there saw <br /> and said he wanted to show me something. So, he gave me a yellow waiwi and he picked the red <br /> one and he told me how that the red ones were sweeter than the yellow ones, and that flies like <br /> them a lot, so they lay eggs on them and had worms. <br /> So, after I ate half of it, he broke open the red waiwi to show me and saw how it had a black <br /> head and the white body with long line, a thin body. It was very fun to discover something new, <br /> he told me I didn't have to worry because they were digestible and that it wouldn't do anything <br /> else. It was funny though, but I actually immediately threw away the other half of the fruit I had <br /> my hand after I saw it. All and all I really just have a lot of fun there even though I do find some <br /> disturbing things, but I feel like I learned something new every day, and I really like that. Thank <br /> you for listening. <br /> REPLOGLE: Thank you, Krysta. Okay, if everybody can turn on their cameras oh, that's <br /> already done. Okay, do you have any questions for the testifiers Commissioners, any further <br /> questions? <br /> 13 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />