{"id":30745,"date":"2022-04-27T19:23:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T19:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/27\/70-year-old-public-school-to-be-replaced-on-marine-corps-base-hawaii\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:38:46","slug":"70-year-old-public-school-to-be-replaced-on-marine-corps-base-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/pay-benefits\/2022\/04\/27\/70-year-old-public-school-to-be-replaced-on-marine-corps-base-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"60-year-old public school to be replaced on Marine Corps Base Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Defense officials have announced a $96 million grant to replace a 60-year-old public school <\/a>on Marine Corps Base Hawaii.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grant will replace the Mokapu Elementary School, which is rated in \u201cpoor\u201d condition on the Defense Department\u2019s 2019 \u201cPublic Schools on Military Installations Prioritized List.\u201d The deficiencies<\/a> and capacity issues placed the school at No. 33 on that priority list of public schools operated on bases by local school districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The school will serve up to 975 students in prekindergarten through sixth grade. There are 813 students<\/a> enrolled in the current school year; nearly 200 over the DoD-listed capacity of 627 students. The overwhelming majority of the students are military children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Construction of the school is expected to begin in October; the project has a tentative completion date of December 2026, said Marine 1st Lt. Mark McDonough, a spokesman for Marine Corps Base Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The public school is operated by the Hawaii Department of Education. The total budget for the project is expected to be $120 million; the remaining $24 million will come from Hawaii state bond funds, according to a Marine Corps press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\t