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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge

What "many" private schools in Puna are you referring to?

Perhaps I should have said "to the private schools in East Hawaii" or "to the private schools available to students from Puna."
I don't know how many private schools we have in East Hawaii, but maybe as many or more private as public? Enough to provide options for parents and students.

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There are very, very few private schools here: St. Josephs K-12 catholic school, HPA, very expensive private boarding school in Waimea, mostly off island overseas students, Christian Liberty in Keaau, I think they are K-8, Malamalama Waldorf in HPP, K-8 and Kamehameha Schools IF your child is of Hawaiian ancestry. I think there is 1 private school on the Kona side, but they were possibly closing.

Probably less than 5% of the East Hawaii K-12 students attend private schools, these schools are all very small and all cost a minimum of $5000 a year.