Save Kohala Middle School Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/save-kohala-middle-school.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:49 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Alexis Ella Matundan [Signature #127] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8321547?utm_medium=rss As a student body Vice President of Kohala Middle School, I strongly disagree to the consolidation of the three complexes. I'm not convinced that combining the three complexes or closing any of the three will help with the school's money. It doesn't really matter to me about the money, though that it may be unfair to some teachers because as long as the students are being able to be taught and the teachers are enjoying it then there's no sense for the school to close.

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:49:02 UTC 8321547 Gabrielle Bartolome [Signature #126] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317280?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:26:15 UTC 8317280 Anonymous [Signature #125] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8268376?utm_medium=rss Mon, 2 Aug 2010 02:59:51 UTC 8268376 Keala Gusman [Signature #124] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8204034?utm_medium=rss Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:33:47 UTC 8204034 Mrs. April lee [Signature #123] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8175832?utm_medium=rss I have personally observed the problems having older students in the same school as younger ones. The problems at Kealakehe are also a good example. It pains me to remember students that lived near me and the problems, including drop-out rates, that were caused by younger, impressionable students being negatively influenced by older ones. I urge you not to join these schools into one.

]]> Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:52:35 UTC 8175832 Ms Karen Ferrara [Signature #122] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8173612?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:51:07 UTC 8173612 Ziggy Bartholomy [Signature #121] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8151652?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:10:52 UTC 8151652 Mr. Christopher Courtheyn [Signature #120] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8150603?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:44:44 UTC 8150603 Anonymous [Signature #119] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8147743?utm_medium=rss SA

]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:43:37 UTC 8147743 Mrs. Gina Lafferty [Signature #118] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8146772?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:30:17 UTC 8146772 jonathan brooke [Signature #117] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8141729?utm_medium=rss save th emiddle school!

]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:12:02 UTC 8141729 Victoria BRooke [Signature #116] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8139079?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:45:30 UTC 8139079 Mrs. Laurie Ainslie [Signature #115] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8138379?utm_medium=rss Don't consolidate. Think long-term not short-term.

]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:56:44 UTC 8138379 Mrs. Phyllis Fox [Signature #114] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8133200?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:12:09 UTC 8133200 walletta verhulsdonk [Signature #113] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8130813?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:40:29 UTC 8130813 Mrs. Michelle Mitchell [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8130703?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:19:57 UTC 8130703 mr Anonymous [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8130181?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:01:12 UTC 8130181 Mr Pete Hendricks [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8126901?utm_medium=rss While a Kamuela resident, I am familiar with the challenges of middle school education. I serve as a community advisory member of Waimea Middle School, and support the continued status of Kohala Middle School.

]]> Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:02:11 UTC 8126901 Professor Emeritus Mary K. Kowalke [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8125977?utm_medium=rss I agree with the statement of the Kohala Consolidation Taskforce.
To require children to leave schools which are already providing quality education is foolish. Keep the children in their current class rooms and buildings, making changes and investments to help the teachers enhance the educational experience...

]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:30:25 UTC 8125977 Ms Kyoko Fujii [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8125233?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:10:48 UTC 8125233 Kara Osada-D'Avella [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8124799?utm_medium=rss We need to increase education money not decrease!

]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:19:07 UTC 8124799 ms bonnie stevenson [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8124625?utm_medium=rss our community needs this school.

]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:34:43 UTC 8124625 Lindsey Kramer [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8124449?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:35:58 UTC 8124449 Mr. Matthew Whitaker [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8122223?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:23:44 UTC 8122223 Mr. Matt Nestlen [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8122219?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:22:32 UTC 8122219 Ms. Kelly Nestlen [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8122213?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:20:43 UTC 8122213 Veronica Moore [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8121535?utm_medium=rss Our rural community here in N. Kohala already struggles with making sure all it's children are afforded a good education, for many reasons. Having the middle school separate from the high school and elementary has proven to be the best plan for all ages of students. I fully support this petition as a mother of 3 children that attended the Middle School.

]]> Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:43:06 UTC 8121535 Ms. Virginia Delacruz [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8121409?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:55:30 UTC 8121409 Camille Barnett [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8121094?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:08:34 UTC 8121094 joan channon [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8121036?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Jul 2010 04:52:47 UTC 8121036 chiya parks [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8120943?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Jul 2010 04:23:04 UTC 8120943 Ginger Vogler [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8120929?utm_medium=rss My own education was greatly compromised many years ago due to the same circumstances Kohala Middle School is now faced with. How many more kid's education are we wiling to continue to sacrifice in order to "save money"?

It is critical that this perception of saving money over our future adults STOP right now.

]]> Sat, 10 Jul 2010 04:19:28 UTC 8120929 gary ackerman [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8120754?utm_medium=rss Maintaining middle school is absolutely important to the education for Kohala area. All my children have gone to this school and they thrived. The idea of letting this facility go is totally irresponsible. There is nothing more important for Kohala than an early education.

]]> Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:29:10 UTC 8120754 Lori Eldridge [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8120619?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:43:52 UTC 8120619 Alyce Payton [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8120576?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:31:47 UTC 8120576 Maryann Broyles [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8117858?utm_medium=rss Please help save Kohala Middle school

]]> Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:31:19 UTC 8117858 Ms Lilah Ellis [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8117370?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:15:26 UTC 8117370 Norma Rawlins [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8117218?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:25:02 UTC 8117218 Gerald Sill [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8117083?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 11:42:02 UTC 8117083 Jonatha Giddens [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8116773?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 10:08:27 UTC 8116773 Alethea Lai [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8116650?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 09:34:59 UTC 8116650 Michelle Daum [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8116617?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 09:23:45 UTC 8116617 Renee Rudzinski [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8116570?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 09:10:19 UTC 8116570 Anonymous [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8116547?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 09:05:35 UTC 8116547 Mr Ronnie Slaven [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8116319?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 08:15:04 UTC 8116319 Cynthia Morse [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8116170?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 07:42:45 UTC 8116170 Tom Morse [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8116164?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 07:41:27 UTC 8116164 Ms Rebecca Most [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8116105?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 07:30:23 UTC 8116105 Mr C. W. Miller IV [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8116027?utm_medium=rss And I quote, "Dear Hawaii Department of Education...THIS SUCKS!!! Start thinking of Hawaii's children and future, and not your personal bank accounts."

]]> Fri, 9 Jul 2010 07:11:28 UTC 8116027 Ms. Renae Aguilar [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8116016?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 07:08:29 UTC 8116016 Dr Susan van den Hoek Barnes [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8115091?utm_medium=rss It is not socially or psychologically sound to mix middle school age kids and high school kids on the same or adjacent campuses. In fact, it is a recipe for disaster, especially in term of drugs and sexual behavior.

]]> Fri, 9 Jul 2010 04:20:17 UTC 8115091 Mrs. Erin Muck [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8114638?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 03:23:11 UTC 8114638 Ms Sandy Baldwin Allison [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8114502?utm_medium=rss I am inextricably bound to public education efforts for our children in local settings. Please keep this unique environment for the children. Budgets come and go but children get one chance to be nurtured and to learn. Kohala is a unique place, please save it!

]]> Fri, 9 Jul 2010 03:06:05 UTC 8114502 Ms. Michal Carrillo [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8114356?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 02:50:57 UTC 8114356 Piikalama Boiser [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8114217?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 02:35:00 UTC 8114217 Patricia McCarver [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8113864?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 01:50:12 UTC 8113864 Mrs Alyssa Slaven [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8113740?utm_medium=rss PLEASE do not do any more damage to our educatiuon system. This school is important to our children and community. Please don't take any more from our children.

]]> Fri, 9 Jul 2010 01:28:31 UTC 8113740 Carol Perry [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8113362?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:23:39 UTC 8113362 mr neil dumaran [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8113258?utm_medium=rss I wholeheartedly, unequivocally, undeniably, adamantly, unwaveringly and justifiably support any opposition to the consolidation of the Kohala Complex schools. Enough is enough! Cut the government spending on inflated luncheons and awarding ludicrous contracts based solely on workplace nepotism! Children are our future! Do not let them suffer due to elitist arrogance, poor decision making and and horrendous mismanagement! Save our schools! That being said...Duncan Anderson for president!

]]> Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:08:11 UTC 8113258 Mr John keawe Sr [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8112992?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 11:24:36 UTC 8112992 cathy quinn [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8111893?utm_medium=rss keep the school going!

]]> Fri, 9 Jul 2010 09:04:35 UTC 8111893 Terra Shumaker [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8109945?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 04:05:39 UTC 8109945 Mrs. Jillian Kupitz [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8109517?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 02:46:36 UTC 8109517 mrs claudette smith [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8109459?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jul 2010 02:36:58 UTC 8109459 Ms Kathryn Chambers [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8109182?utm_medium=rss The children need their school.

]]> Fri, 9 Jul 2010 01:47:10 UTC 8109182 Evelyn McCarthy [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8108389?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 10:18:40 UTC 8108389 Mr Robert Baron [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8108226?utm_medium=rss Save our schools

]]> Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:45:06 UTC 8108226 Rene Souza [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8108092?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:24:27 UTC 8108092 Tom and Michelle Mitchell [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8107841?utm_medium=rss Pleae save our schools!

]]> Thu, 8 Jul 2010 08:32:46 UTC 8107841 Mrs. Aubrey Estrada [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8107819?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 08:28:36 UTC 8107819 Mary Ann Baron [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8107760?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 08:16:19 UTC 8107760 Lauren Stovall [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8107710?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 08:06:27 UTC 8107710 Donald O'Reilly [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8107652?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 07:55:22 UTC 8107652 Cathy O'Reilly [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8107637?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 07:51:25 UTC 8107637 Margaret Horwatt [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8107632?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 07:50:40 UTC 8107632 Mr Mark Stevens [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8107413?utm_medium=rss Stop Closing Schools!!!

]]> Thu, 8 Jul 2010 07:11:59 UTC 8107413 Catherine Ankner [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8107412?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 07:11:58 UTC 8107412 Anna Karsin [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8107227?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 06:37:44 UTC 8107227 Jacob Bentley [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8106454?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 04:55:50 UTC 8106454 Mr Carl F Miller [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8105909?utm_medium=rss I also believe the money to be spent on yet another Consolidation Plan is ridiculous and unecessary because it won't change anything from what has aready been studied. Save that money from the study and give it to the school capital improvement fund.

]]> Thu, 8 Jul 2010 04:01:38 UTC 8105909 Ms Karen Miller [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8105719?utm_medium=rss Save the money on new construction and continue as they are. Older children can be a negative influence on the younger ones, who should be allowed to remain with their peers.

]]> Thu, 8 Jul 2010 03:41:14 UTC 8105719 Hana Anderson [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8105690?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 03:37:43 UTC 8105690 Mrs Stephanie Orr [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8105544?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 03:25:05 UTC 8105544 Ms. Traci Koenig [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8105426?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 03:15:42 UTC 8105426 Nancy Edney [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8105051?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 02:37:23 UTC 8105051 Ms. Sunny Mattison [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8104574?utm_medium=rss The preteen age of middle school children is a very important time of development in one's life that is greatly influential in individulizing character, strenghth of self in a moral and spiritual sense. To crowd them in a inappropiate older influence of high school campus would either retard or prematurely define the age appropriate behavior. The boundaries of the higher grade high school students may in fact cause a resentment towards the middle school aged children in this already establish

]]> Thu, 8 Jul 2010 01:52:24 UTC 8104574 Ms Melissa Magoon-Costa [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8104450?utm_medium=rss tired of everyone taking away from our youth! we should focus on building them up not shutting them down!!!!

]]> Thu, 8 Jul 2010 01:40:39 UTC 8104450 Ms. Kahualani Aitken [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8104372?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 01:34:10 UTC 8104372 Vicky Kometani [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8104134?utm_medium=rss The final decision cannot always be just about the money. At some point, BOE must stop and consider the impact to the community and to the children in the long term. Perhaps a VISIT to the community would help. Making decisions from afar is easy and impersonal. Get to know us, meet us, and learn why Kohala Middle School must remain independent.

]]> Thu, 8 Jul 2010 01:14:57 UTC 8104134 Karen Martin [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8103440?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 12:21:08 UTC 8103440 Mr Art Owen [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8103325?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 12:11:24 UTC 8103325 Mrs. Jan Sears [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8103237?utm_medium=rss The cost of moving these students is far greater than the savings gained by consolidation. Any increase in elementary and middle school enrollment could create a need to reopen these historic schools. This situation is another reason to revisit the current centralized school board structure. Local conditions and circumstances are not adequately considered by Oahu decision makers.

]]> Thu, 8 Jul 2010 12:04:29 UTC 8103237 mr Bennett Dorrance [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8102559?utm_medium=rss Reducing education will lead to the long term downfall of our country.
Removing arts programs from curriculum has been categorically proven to hurt academic performance.
PLEASE! NO MORE FURLOUGHS, REDUCTIONS, AND CUTBACKS TO EDUCATION, OUR CHILDREN'S AND OUR COUNTRY'S FUTURE!!!

]]> Thu, 8 Jul 2010 11:07:01 UTC 8102559 Mrs Barbara Williams [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8102275?utm_medium=rss It is better to keep middle school pupils in their own environment, and not push them into "growing up" any more quickly than necessary ... which is what putting them in a high school environment would do.

]]> Thu, 8 Jul 2010 10:45:06 UTC 8102275 Catherine Coulon [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8102218?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 10:39:45 UTC 8102218 Mrs. Edie Applewhite [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8101130?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:05:35 UTC 8101130 Mrs Julie Murray [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8100601?utm_medium=rss The children of Kohala thrive in their local environment. Bussing and translocation would be very disruptive and destroy the old-world Hawaiian lifestyle they currently enjoy. Kohala is working! Don't mess with success!

]]> Thu, 8 Jul 2010 08:17:00 UTC 8100601 Christopher Murray [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8100467?utm_medium=rss Consolidating would be a disservice to all. Do the right thing, not the cheap thing.

]]> Thu, 8 Jul 2010 08:03:02 UTC 8100467 Meredith Carpenter [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8100203?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 07:37:21 UTC 8100203 Julia Rooney [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8099691?utm_medium=rss I am a resident of North Kohala. I have worked at all the Kohala Schools and remember well what things were like before Halaula was re-opened for the intermediate students. There were a whole host of problems solved with this move, and returning to the old situation seems impossible and extremely unwise. Please be reasonable and allow us to keep our middle school. Whatever short term economic value there might be in closing the school will be saved many times over in the long run.

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