News From Namahana
Namahana School Submits Application to Hawai‘i State Charter Commission for June Decision
After a 22-month suspension of the charter application process, the Hawai‘i State Charter Commission announced in December 2021 that the process would resume and set an application deadline of February 4, 2022. The Namahana Team led by School Leader Dr. Kapua Chandler and Governing Board Chair Melanie Mitsue Parker quickly mobilized resources and submitted a detailed and extensive application to the Charter Commission.
The Commission will make its decisions in late June and award provisional charters to successful applicants. The provisional charter establishes a set of performance milestones to be met during a two-year conditional approval period. Once conditions are met, a five-year charter contract will be awarded.
In addition to Kapua and Melanie, members of the Namahana Governing Board with expertise in education, consultants from Big Picture Learning and members of the KNSCF Board of Directors all made significant contributions to the application.
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