2021-10-07 Windward Exh D Arts and Sciences Center SPP 21-000228

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economics or accounting or natural resource management. So,just a little quibble and thanks for your presentation. HIRAKAML Of course, of course, you know as a principal I'm supposed to, and you know the modern thing is send everybody to college and everything like that. But in our community, we got to look at all opportunities, colleges isn't for anybody, everybody and nowadays with the huge student loans and the student debt. There're other opportunities and so I'm not saying don't go to college. Our kids go to outstanding colleges all over the United States. We promote college scholarships. Our students won $780,000 worth of scholarships last year, so it's a daunting thing to say, but what I was trying to say is that were trying to create a whole range of opportunities, in other words I don't as a Principal I don't steer people into college is the only way and that's what I meant. I said it kind of wrong, but I was just, look at our community see what opportunities are, and Army is a good choice for students or going into the service doing service. So, I'm sorry I said that in that way, but what I meant is that I want our students to look at all the opportunities within our community. So that they can be a viable citizen because Hawaii has had a severe brain lost from decades now where we send our brightest off to the mainland to good colleges and they don't return, because the job opportunities aren't here. So, it's kind of like a brain drain. So, it's kind of like I think we got to look at it more modern ways right now, so that's what I meant. Sorry if I was misunderstood. GALIMBA: Sorry to make to trouble to you, I get it. REPLOGLE: We all can't be brain surgeons. GALIMBA: There's many ways to be very, very smart and to contribute to the community and sometimes that's pig hunting for a while, you know till you get that out of your system. So, you're a legend in the Charter School community so thanks for all that you do. REPLOGLE: Fellow Commissioners is there, yes Mr. Clarkson? CLARKSON: Yes, I just have a, I'm curious about a couple of things. The 24-acre campus for your existing middle and high school sounds like it would be plenty of room to accommodate these younger kids. But you mentioned that there were traffic issues or traffic limitations with that site. Is it actually easier and better to develop a whole new campus rather than figure out some way of mitigating the traffic complications and moving the kids onto a much larger site and just hold that thought that question, please? And this brings me to my second concern really is that in looking at the site plan I don't see a whole lot of playgrounds or running around room for 300 potentially 300 elementary kids seem like an awfully small campus. Could you please address those issues? HIRAKAML Sure, different age kids need different needs so when you get up into high school, you need the courts, the full soccer fields, and football field. In the elementary, especially in the early elementary grades, you need a place and there is a field set off behind on that proposed Building A for a half a soccer field. But more importantly is what children get off is the newly constructed and they are really expensive those children playground. So, we intend to have a 10 EXHIBIT D