Gun Violence On Oahu's Westside Has Parents And Teachers Worried About School Safety

Gun Violence On Oahu’s Westside Has Parents And Teachers Worried About School Safety

Waianae High School principal Ray Pikelny-Cook, second from right, wearing orange, waves to a car dropping off a student on First Friday promoting the month of Unity Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, in Waianae. National Unity Day is Oct. 18, but the west Oahu school celebrates it for the entire month. They will promote inclusion and community and denounce bullying. This month’s First Friday theme serendipitously with the cancelation of the school’s football game against Castle High School for the safety of students, athletes and community members. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)

A few hours into the first day of school, teachers at Waianae High School scrambled to close their classroom doors and put the campus on lockdown as police responded to a critical shooting in the nearby boat harbor. The lockdown was eventually lifted, but it made for an unsettling first day, said ninth-grade teacher Angelo … Continue reading Gun Violence On Oahu’s Westside Has Parents And Teachers Worried About School Safety