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shows the capacity of 650. And we did open the door as of this year at 710. We literally are holding classrooms in sections of the library. We do have three lovely portables that just arrived two days ago on our campus, but there is a contract dispute about putting those portables in; so the person who got allocated the bid is being contested by the second-place person who did not get allocated the bid. So we have portables sitting there that we cannot go into, and we are packed to the maximum. We are at 710 and in part that’s because we added, in addition, last ththth year we added 6 grade and this year we added 6 and 7. And our intention is next year, th miraculously somehow, to add 8 grade, so -. th IWASHITA: So you have up to 7 grade students. SMITH: Seven-ten, 710. IWASHITA: No, no, are you a K-6 school or a K-7 school? SMITH: Oh, yes. No, we are K-7. This year we are K-7. IWASHITA: Okay. And you have 710. SMITH: Uh huh. th IWASHITA: I’ll share with you – you can have my copy – August 14 letter from Superintendent Hamamoto that takes issue about the 06-07 enrollment number. But anyway, it’s just an example of a need to continue to be more, I guess, engaging with the Department. SMITH: Oh, yes. Well, I can only be, I was with Waikoloa Elementary since it has been, and there was a good deal of time when we opened the School initially, they didn’t know we were here. I mean, I’m serious, there was a report that came out -. IWASHITA: Well, I’m not going to, you know, as I said my wife is a principal. I know about all the dates you’ve got to get, your home and numbers, and that kind of stuff, and the weighted student formula and all of that. Enrollment, obviously, is very important. But I appreciate your input about how the School is growing, and you know, just in my mind it makes it more urgent really, right, that you continue to double your efforts, especially in the area of working with the Department of Education, you know, so that your vision of having a local school through high school can become a reality. And that’s a real hard role to tow, you know, so double probably not enough, maybe four or five times your effort now. Okay. Thanks. SMITH: Thank you so much. We will. WATANABE: Yes, Mr. Woodward. WOODWARD: I’d just like to ask a question following up on what Commissioner Alameda (sic) just said. If you went from -. WATANABE: Iwashita. EXHIBIT E 27