{"id":237,"date":"2012-06-30T00:10:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T00:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2019-05-16T17:16:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T17:16:00","slug":"public-education-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Hawaii3\/?page_id=237","title":{"rendered":"Public Education System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ACADEMICS \/ PUBLIC  EDUCATION SYSTEM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1840 by King  Kamehameha III, Hawaii&#8217;s public school system is the oldest in the nation west  of the Mississippi. Kindergarten is not mandatory in Hawaii, but most  five-year-olds do attend. The Hawaiian Islands are served by a single,  statewide school district that ranks as one of the largest in the United  States, serving more than 180,000 students. Favorable student-teacher ratios  are conducive to individualized attention and excellence in education. For grades  3 through 12, this ratio is as low as 15:1. The K-2 average is 20:1.<\/p>\n<p>Because the district is  so large, it is subdivided into complexes of a high school and the middle and  elementary schools that feed into it. For more efficient administration, these  complexes are grouped into complex areas, each with its own superintendent.  Several special schools and nearly 30 charter schools provide alternative  learning environments within the public school system. Although publicly  funded, charter schools enjoy much more freedom in their basic structure. Their  direction and focus are determined by the board set up with the approved  charter.<\/p>\n<p>Hawaii also provides  Community Schools for adult education, high school degree programs, citizenship  training, and classes for learners of English as a second language as well as  non-academic &#8220;special interest&#8221; courses. For further details on  public education in Hawaii, contact:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hawaii Department of  Education <\/strong><br \/>\n1390&nbsp;Miller&nbsp;Street<br \/>\nHonolulu, Oahu  808-586-3230<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiipublicschools.org\">www.hawaiipublicschools.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Accountability Resource  Center<\/strong><br \/>\nInformation 808-733-4008<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiipublicschools.org\">www.hawaiipublicschools.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Charter School  Administration<\/strong><br \/>\nInformation 808-984-8011<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chartercommission.hawaii.gov\">www.chartercommission.hawaii.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACADEMICS \/ PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM Founded in 1840 by King Kamehameha III, Hawaii&#8217;s public school system is the oldest in the nation west of the Mississippi. Kindergarten is not mandatory in Hawaii, but most five-year-olds do attend. The Hawaiian Islands are served by a single, statewide school district that ranks as one of the largest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Hawaii3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Hawaii3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Hawaii3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Hawaii3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Hawaii3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Hawaii3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":655,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Hawaii3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions\/655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Hawaii3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}