The Hawaii State Department of Education issued a report Thursday stating that 2,025 students are not accounted in the Lahaina public school system in the wake of the August 8 fire that ravaged the town of Lahaina on the island of Maui.
The four schools, two elementary, one intermediary and one high school that comprised the Lahaina school district had a total of 3,001 students enrolled before the fire.
The schools are closed due to damage from the fires, with one elementary school heavily damaged and not likely to re-open for some time.
Army Staff Sgt. Matthew A. Foster The report states that as of August 21, out of the 3,001 students enrolled as of August 8, 538 have "Re-enrolled in other public schools"; 438 have "Enrolled in the State Distance Learning Program, English and Hawaiian language immersion"; and says of the 2,025 not accounted for: "Remainder of students who have not re-enrolled in another public school or opted for distance learning" The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported one private school on Maui has received about 1,000 new applicants since the fire.
"We shuffled, rearranged the entire campus to welcome 110 new students. It is only a drop in the bucket. So many students not in classrooms today," the school posted Monday on Instagram.
Sacred Hearts School has posted on its website that its campus faced a "Devastating fire that has left our campus in ruins." A Hawaii Association of Independent Schools report shows the school enrolled about 200 students.
School children in Lahaina were kept home that day due to high winds from an offshore hurricane, with many home alone because their parents were at work.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/2000-children-missing-lahaina-schools-two-weeks-after/
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