"walk or bike to work in the nearby urban core,” Jon Wallenstrom, an Alaka‘i principal, said. Jon, just how many jobs do you think are within this area? Not as many as you think.

$40 million school for only 750 students @ $53k per student? Not to mention yearly O&M costs, staffing. Willing to bet like rail, cost will balloon closer to $100 million when bureaucrats start with their wish list of change orders. Not a fixed price contract.

This has the potential to be another of endless Nei educational debacles. Just the way it is in the Nei.