Updated at 1:08 a.m., Monday, October 16, 2006
School closures updated
Advertiser Staff
Several Big Island public and private schools will be closed Monday, the Department of Education announced this afternoon.
The public schools are: Paauilo Elementary and Intermediate, Honoka'a Elementary, Honoka'a High and Intermediate, Kohala Elementary, Kohala Middle, Kohala High, Waimea Elementary, Waikoloa Elementary, Kealakehe Elementary, Honaunau Elementary and Laupahoehoe High and Elementary.
The charter schools are: West Hawaii Explorations Academy and Kanu `O Ka Aina New Century PCS.
The private schools are: Hawaii Montessori School – Kona & Waimea and Waikoloa Baptist Keikiland.
The schools are closed for students only, officials said; all administrative, teaching and other staff should report.
DOE spokesman Greg Knudsen said the state had not heard from any of the charter schools and did not know whether any would be open or closed Monday.
All public schools on all other islands will be open as usual, DOE spokesman Greg Knudsen said.
In addition, the Kamehameha School O'ahu campus will be closed Monday to students, spokesman Kekoa Paulsen said. The school will be closed because of the uncertainty of the power situation, Paulsen said.
There will be no Kamehameha bus service. Faculty and staff are asked to report to work as usual.
