Fellows mentioned in this story: Tammi Oyadomari-Chun, Cohort VI

From Civil Beat:

Enrollment in Hawai‘i public schools declined for the third year in a row, with roughly 3,000 fewer students attending Hawai‘i’s 295 public schools this year than the previous year — a trend that public school officials expect will continue for years to come.

Since the start of the pandemic, enrollment in public schools has declined by 5.9%. By 2027, that number is expected to plummet another 13.8% to 148,096 students.

Enrollment is decreasing nationally because of lower birth rates. There was a noticeable drop in families having children during the great recession in the late 2000s that is now impacting elementary school enrollment, said Tammi Oyadomari-Chun, the Department of Education’s new deputy superintendent of strategy.

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