Keonepoko School Runs out of Lunch

[leilanidude]

If you believe you would get a real answer by calling the school, why didn't you do so?

If the Hawaii liberal agenda worked so well, Hawaii would be doing better after over 50 years of control, wouldn't it?

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

OK.
I'll concede that $80,000 teacher salaries at Pahoa schools are the rule rather than the exception.

I would then conclude that a state and it's citizens who are willing to pay a teacher $80,000 to teach, in a building that cost millions of dollars to construct, would then be foolhardy to draw the line at the cost of lunch for students who are meant to sit in that building and listen to those teachers, if they aren't fed properly at home.

“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
-Joseph Brodsky

[leilanidude]

Being that the feds pay for the majority of the school breakfast and lunch programs...

[PaulW]

Really? Huh, I always had this idea that teachers here were underpaid.
Why is there such a shortage, or did I have the wrong idea there too?

I'm serious, I don't have much to do with the schools here.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Being that the feds pay for the majority of the school breakfast and lunch programs...


As a citizen and taxpayer of Hawaii & America, I pay my federal taxes out of my right pocket, my state taxes my left pocket. What's the difference?

“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
-Joseph Brodsky

[shockwave rider]

http://www.hsta.org/images/uploads/0324W...vement.pdf

Very few raises or step increases were given over the last 10 years, to be at the top of the pay scale close to $80,000 a year would require a PHD and at least 14 years of experience.

[JohnDW]

Yea, well, a guy I know taught 3rd/4th grade at Pahoa Elementary several years ago. He had two master's degrees, was licensed to teach in three states and in four content areas. He grossed 42k/yr. After statutory dues, health insurance and taxes, etc, his net was about half of that. At the time, he drove a ten year old pick up and lived in a less than desirable subdivision in a house he, himself built to code. Please don't pick on the teachers, they often share their lunch with hungry kids.

Un Mojado Sin Licencia

[2liveque]

with such a high percentage of kids on free lunch...in a highly depressed area....how can they run out of food?

It sounds more to me like they simply didn't cook enough food on a particular day. Here is another case of internet sensationalizing. The only way Keonepoko would "run out of food," would be via employee theft and employee theft only.

Doesn't sound to me like they ran out of food in a way that it is being framed by some.

[opihikao]

Good point. Never even thought about theft, however, possible. Nevertheless, it was on more than one occasion, the school did confirm it, with lots of "hemming and hawing". Thankfully, it's summer time, and we all have a couple months to work towards resolution to this problem, whatever the cause. Hell, it's election year, so...where's our elected officials in this matter?

Mahalo to those of you who are willing and able, to contribute a little energy to make sure our keiki eat during the school year, and every single day.

JMO.

[Guest]

Puna county is known to be a rural or spread out county, also puna has many keiki or residents who do qualify for these yearly and summer food programs. These recent food shortages and kids going hungry in our public schools needs to be addressed. Maybe its time our county explores other options that ARE working in other rural places?

http://fusion.net/list/60063/four-reason...ome-areas/

The many pro's for these type of food trucks may out number the few con's,jmo.