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students, and within the town the shuttle system pretty much serves, you know, the entire town; <br />so we havenÓt felt the need for that, and I havenÓt had any dema <br /> <br />HOUSEL: Do you have a rough estimate of what percentage of cars do carpool <br />versus single students being dropped off? <br /> <br />MELROSE: Yeah, the number right now, just remember, in the exist <br />there is actually a condition that requires the school to have a carpooling program. So they have <br />that and they work with both in the admissions process and on an annual basis to connect <br />parents. The actual number of people who carpool has reduced over the last three years as the <br />mass transit system is increased. And remember we really didnÓt have a mass transit system that <br />worked at all three years ago, four years ago. So I think right now thereÓre 39 students who get <br />off the bus every morning at the bus stop. That may be low; thatÓs the count that we had in a <br />survey. And that the number of people who say they carpool on a regular basis was, I think there <br />were ten families who carpooled, currently from both Waikoloa and North Kohala particularly. <br />So thatÓs the numbers we have today, and itÓs a continual effort to encourage that. And like I <br />say, mass transit runs right by it and people have adapted to it very well, both the shuttle and the <br />long-runs. <br /> <br />HOUSEL: Okay. So just rough numbers, about 40 use the bus and you said ten <br />families use the carpool and maybe two to three students per car Î thatÓs approximately a third of <br />what the total enrollment is, is that accurate? <br /> <br />MELROSE: When I did the calculation, I came up with 25 percent of people walk or <br />ride the mass transit in the current population. <br /> <br />HOUSEL: Okay, so 25 percent. <br /> <br />MELROSE: Right. <br /> <br />HOUSEL: Okay, thank you very much. <br /> <br />WATANABE: Any further questions? <br /> <br />BOWMAN: I have -. <br /> <br />WATANABE: Ms. Bowman. <br /> <br />BOWMAN: One more quick -. Sorry but I just want to really clarify this. I live in <br />North Kohala, so I do understand that, you know, our students do <br />think that cuts down, and probably Waikoloa and Kona. But if 60 to 70 percent of your students <br />are from Waimea and you have a shuttle within Waimea, do you know Î and I donÓt know if this <br />was -? <br /> <br />MELROSE: ItÓs a County shuttle, right. <br /> <br />EXHIBIT A <br />13 <br /> <br />