To deal with the visit properly requires tremendous time on the part of faculty and staff. Throwing a new plan on top of this process indicates how little Lindsey and her team of outside consultants know about education, or care about the life of the school. If Patrick Yim had not been handpicked by the trustees, we might be more optimistic that his upcoming report will be just as enlightening about the educational side and will recommend more than mediation. Frankly, our faith in his fact-finding mission was shaken to the core several weeks ago when he met privately with the trustees to preview a draft of his report. Regardless of what Yim ends up reporting, we strongly believe the best interests of the school require that Lindsey be removed immediately, along with Wong, Henry Peters and Gerard Jervis, fellow trustees who allowed her to terrorize the school.
Education is a challenging profession even under the best of circumstances.
At Kamehameha, the challenges unnecessarily have been magnified tenfold. The faculty and staff have managed to stay focused on the students. Amazingly, they have made public statements despite a real threat of retaliation, and are optimistic that positive change is just over the horizon. For these and other reasons, they have earned our respect and admiration. Now it's time for the rest of us to make our voices heard.