KEAC plans to look in the community for parents with skills to contribute so that if volunteers are needed for a specific program, the group will know whom to call. Kendal Matsuda, manager of NAPA Auto Parts in Laie, said he has been hiring students for 30 years. We hire them to help us out. It's important that they can read, write, do some math, give change and show up for work. That's the most important thing, showing up.
Punctuality is important, too.
You have to be five or 10 minutes early. It was no surprise that the survey results called for more punctuality and communication skills, said Lisa DeLong, principal of Kahuku High and Interme- diate. The school has changed its bell schedule so classes end at the same time every day, making it easier for students to hold jobs, and its attendance policy is being tightened. The survey results will help show students the need for punctuality, DeLong said. It'll help them develop the attitude that the behaviors taught in school are the same that will be expected in the workplace.