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Parent Answers to "How do public and private schools compare in Honolulu?"
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It is so odd that Hawaii is full of asians who are historically known for valuing education, but they have the worst public ed test scores! Why? What is going on there?
Poorly. About one third of secondary ed students are in private - in general, if you can afford it, your kids are in private schools. We were fed up with Utah and wanted to move back to O'ahu. The middle school in Kailua has a bad reputation. When I called them to check out the programs for (somewhat) gifted children, the gal in the office told me that her kids were in private schools...
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