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Beginning today, the state Department of Education is providing free bus service for impacted elementary and intermediate students from Lahaina to attend designated schools in Central and South Maui.

To participate, families from King Kamehameha III Elementary, Princess Nahi’ena’ena Elementary and Lahaina Intermediate must enroll their students temporarily at the designated schools — Wailuku Elementary or Kamali’i Elementary in Kihei, and Lokelani Intermediate in Kihei.

West Maui families still interested in enrolling at the designated schools may go to the new school to obtain and complete enrollment and bus application forms or show up at one of the bus stops to obtain and complete enrollment and bus application forms.

Beginning Sept. 14, Lahainaluna High School will begin meeting at Kulanihako’i High School in Kihei. Students who want to use the free school bus transportation from West Maui to Lahainaluna’s temporary campus in Kihei are encouraged to sign up in advance at bit.ly/485vRXh. Lahainaluna students will remain enrolled at Lahainaluna and do not need to enroll at Kulanihako’i. Bus schedules will be provided to Lahainaluna families.

Any student who has already submitted a bus application does not need to submit a new application.

The DOE will be providing security personnel at pick-up and drop-off locations and will have DOE staff on board the bus to support students’ well-being.

“We are still on track to reopen Lahaina schools after fall break in mid-October,” Superintendent Keith Hayashi said in a news release Wednesday. “As we await the results of environmental testing to safely reopen campuses, families who continue to live in Lahaina are encouraged to consider attending designated schools in Central or South Maui or applying for distance learning.”

Bus schedules for Kamali’i Elementary and Lokelani Intermediate, effective today, are as follows:

≤ Kapalua Airport: Depart at 6:45 a.m., return at 4 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and at 3 p.m. on Wednesday.

≤ Whalers Village (near Whalers Village sign and whale sculpture): Depart at 7 a.m., return at 4 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and at 3 p.m. on Wednesday.

Bus schedules for Wailuku Elementary, effective today, are as follows:

≤ Kapalua Airport: Depart at 6:30 a.m., return at 3:15 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

≤ Whalers Village, (near Whalers Village sign and whale sculpture): Depart at 6:45 a.m., return at 3:15 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The DOE’s State Distance Learning Program is currently accepting applications at bit.ly/MauiDistance

Learning; however, due to high demand, applicants are being waitlisted and will be processed in approximately two weeks. Families may register for the State Kaiapuni (Hawaiian language immersion) Distance Learning Program at bit.ly/SK

DLPMaui.

Families who need assistance can call the DOE’s support hotline at (808) 727-6880 or text SUPPORT to (808) 736-1427 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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