Kamehameha School Ruling

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Kamehameha Schools admissions policy is illegal.

To be admitted to Kamehameha Schools, one must have some Native Hawaiian ancestry.

People already think that policy is a joke. Why?

Just check out the Kamehameha Schools yearbook (you can check it out at the main state library in downtown Honolulu, just go to the Hawaii-Pacific section and ask the reference desk)

You can find many students who look 100% Asian or 100% Caucasian. So it appears not many people take the Kamehameha admission policy seriously.

Plus, the state already has charter schools that emphasize Native Hawaiian culture but is open to students of all races.

When I was at UH-Manoa, I had friends and acquaintances who graduated from Kamehameha Schools. So I 'm not against the students there! I just don't think the admission policy was a good idea to begin with.

By the way, I don't like those one-gender schools either! My greatest times in adolesence including flirting with some girls in my class. Every teenager should have such similar opportunities.

So if I have children, I'd send them to a school that is multi-cultural and co-ed.

Forget one-ethnicity schools. Forget one-gender schools.