PUBLIC SCHOOLS REMAIN OPEN ON TUESDAY; PARENTS ASKED TO BE PREPARED

All public schools WILL BE OPEN on Tuesday, August 11, 2009**. The DOE will continue to closely monitor Tropical Storm Felicia with state and county civil defense officials, state department officials, FEMA, and the National Weather Service for possible school closures on Wednesday.

The following Charter School will be closed on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 (as of 3:00p.m.): West Hawaii Explorations Academy (Kailua-Kona), and Kua O ka La (Pahoa)

**As a precaution, parents are asked to make alternative plans in the event that conditions change and their child’s school closes.

(Posted at 3 p.m. HST, Monday, August 10, 2009 by Wendy Osher, Information provided by the Hawaii State Department of Education.  For updates visit: http://doe.k12.hi.us and click on “School Closures”)