HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	310
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

requesting the department of education to define and disclose the LAND boundaries of campbell high school, ilima intermediate school, Kaimiloa elementary School, and pohakea elementary school, including COMMON AREAS shared by the schools.

     WHEREAS, although James Campbell High, Ilima Intermediate, Kaimiloa Elementary, and Pohakea Elementary schools in the Leeward district have distinct campus boundaries, they also share common land areas; and

     WHEREAS, there is uncertainty among educational staff and administrators, parents, and community leaders about which areas are common areas, thus raising questions about the responsibility for the supervision of students using those areas, as well as the maintenance of those common grounds; and

     WHEREAS, various ingress and egress routes to the schools have reportedly been used as pass-through routes by non-registered visitors, students not enrolled at the schools, or members of the Ewa community, potentially creating situations that may threaten or endanger students at the schools; and

WHEREAS, parents, community leaders, and concerned Ewa residents want to deter truancy, prevent trespassing, and ensure student safety, which is compromised if unauthorized persons are able to access the school campuses; and

WHEREAS, the Ewa community has been unsuccessful in obtaining clear information from the Department of Education about individual school boundaries and common areas of the schools; now, therefore,

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fourth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2007, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Education is requested to define and disclose the individual campus boundaries and common areas of the James Campbell High, Ilima Intermediate, Kaimiloa Elementary, and Pohakea Elementary schools; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each of the respective schools are requested to make the information about their schools' boundaries and common areas available to the public; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education, the Superintendent of Education, and the Chairperson of the Ewa Beach Neighborhood Board.

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

DOE; Schools; Boundaries; Common Areas