So, he said, was the postman, who said it had been up for some time before May 15 but also stayed up afterward. It was a financial aid office, but was being asked to forward applications for pre-school and high school admissions outside its responsibility. Thus the sign. The trustees accept only about half of the 2 percent of income allowed them by a state law enacted when no one foresaw today' s wealth. Many critics say they should take much less.
Foundation trustees nationwide work for much less.
They decided to make Kamehameha Schools an academically elite system like Punahou and Iolani plus satellite neighbor island campuses for lower grades. Outreach had been strongly supported by trustees Myron Thompson and Matsuo Takabuki. With them off the board a new majority rated outreach as not cost-effective and jettisoned every contact below age 4, plus others. Part of the schism between the four other current trustees and trustee Oswald Stender came as a result of Stender's joining in a unanimous vote for the change, then publicly criticizing it. He says it was only after the fact that he found the estate could afford both elitism and outreach, and at least keep the best of the jettisoned programs.