Report shares how 7 schools are struggling with the Red Hill water contamination crisis

TL;DR - State education officials for the first time publicly detailed the struggle of the seven public schools affected by the Red Hill water contamination crisis to operate without running potable water.

The report from interim schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi, shared Thursday with the state Board of Education, sheds light on how the thousands of students and school employees on the seven campuses — which have been without safe tap water for almost two months — are managing the cost and hassle of getting drinking water and meals and maintaining hand hygiene during the latest COVID-19 surge.

The affected elementary schools — Red Hill, Nimitz, Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor Kai, Iroquois Point, Hickam and Mokulele — have a combined enrollment of nearly 3,200 and a total of 513 employees, according to the DOE website.

January 22, 2022: Report shares how 7 schools are struggling with the Red Hill water contamination crisis, Honolulu Star-Advertiser