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The state Board of Education has voted to give a Wahiawa charter school will have another school year. Kamalani Academy faced permanent closure after this school year because its contract was not renewed. HPR's Casey Harlow has more.

Students, parents and teachers of a Wahiawa charter school gathered in Downtown Honolulu on Thursday to protest a decision that would permanently close their school. HPR's Casey Harlow has more.

Kamalani Academy leaders say they will appeal a decision that would force the school to close on June 30. The state Public Charter Schools Commission earlier this week decided not to renew the school's contract for an additional five years. HPR's Casey Harlow reports.

A middle and high school on Kauaʻi's North Shore has been one community's dream for years. HPR's Casey Harlow talked to people involved with Namahana School about the process of becoming a charter school, and the need they aim to meet.

Kamalani Academy principal Amanda Fung plans to fight a decision by the State Public Charter School Commission not to count additional students in its remote learning program toward its total enrollment.

More than 20 years have passed since the first charter school was authorized here in Hawai’i. Since then, public charter schools have fueled educational innovation to offer students and parents school choice. Next month, two more charter schools will open their doors. As HPR’s Ku’uwehi Hiraishi reports, getting these schools up and running is quite a task.