Comment: The author says private schools are part of a "racist and segregationist agenda" that started because missionaries didn't want their children mixing with Hawaiians.  Hey, Lois, here's a news flash for you: the only private school in Hawaii with a segregationist agenda is the one that limits enrollment to children of Hawaiian ancestry.  The missionary school you disparage has a very ethnically diverse student body and does NOT use race as an admissions criteria.  I paid a lot of money so my kids, who, like me, are "multi-ethnic " could go there.  I could have spent my money buying lots of bling-bling or a monster truck but I decided to invest in their future.  I worked long hours to make the money and I'd do it all over again.  Like everyone else I've heard the horror stories about public schools: incompetent teachers, disruptive students, inadequate facilities.   Lois is the proverbial crab in the bucket who pulls down anyone trying to get ahead.