Over a decade ago, a group of concerned Maui citizens formed a task force to plan for a public high school in Kihei.
As a result of these high school planning meetings, the initial legislation for charter schools in Hawaii was drafted. This legislative bill was passed in the spring of 2000, authorizing the State Board of Education to establish public charter schools in Hawaii.
This task force evolved into the tax exempt, non-profit organization South Maui Learning Ohana, Inc., or SMLO.
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