HONOLULU — Ua haki ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo McKinley i ka Pōʻakolu ma kahi pāʻani pāʻani kiʻekiʻe o ka $24 miliona, i hoʻolālā ʻia e G70. Ua hele aku ka poʻe hoʻokele o ke Keʻena Hoʻonaʻauao o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi i ka ʻaha hoʻomaka ʻana, nā luna kānāwai a me nā kākoʻo o ka ʻahaʻuki kula kiʻekiʻe o Hawaiʻi. Ke hoʻomaka nei ʻo Nan, Inc. i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka papahana, i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau ʻia a hiki i Sepatemaba 2026.
Ua hōʻike aku ʻo Principal Ron Okamura i ka mahalo i nā mea kākoʻo e like me nā Lunamakaʻāinana mua ʻo Scott Saiki lāua ʻo Scott Nishimoto, a me Sen. Sharon Moriwaki, ka mea i pani i ka wahi, no kā lākou kūpaʻa i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā keʻena haʻuki o McKinley High. Ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻo Kumu Kuaʻanaʻai Lewis, he kumu kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo McKinley a he kumu aʻo Hawaiʻi i ka papahana me ka ʻoli ma mua o ka haʻi ʻāina.
"Manaʻo mākou e hoʻoikaika kēia hale i nā haumāna-ʻâlapa e hele i ke gula a lawe mai i ka Tiger Pride i kā lākou mau hoa papa a me kā lākou 'ohana," wahi a ka Luna Nui Keith Hayashi. “ʻO ka hiki ʻana o kēia kahua pāʻani ma mua o McKinley. E lilo ia i kikowaena o nā hana no nā kaiāulu a puni e lilo i ʻāpana a hauʻoli.
E hāʻawi ana kēia ʻoihana pāʻani palaki hou a me ka masonry block i nā haumāna haʻuki me nā keʻena hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūlana kiʻekiʻe a me nā mea pā Tiger me kahi ʻike i hoʻonui ʻia i ka lā pāʻani. Me nā noho bleacher ʻoi aku ma mua o 2,400, nā lumi hoʻomaha hou, kahi hale kūʻai tiketi kūpono, a me kahi pahu paʻi ma luna o ka hale, e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ka hale i nā hanana haʻuki i kahi kiʻekiʻe.
Hoʻonui ka bleachers paʻa i ka lōʻihi o ka hale, me kahi tunnel ma ke kikowaena o ke kahua pōpeku e hana ai i kahi hoʻokipa hoihoi, komo kaʻina i ke kahua pôpeku no nā mea pāʻani a me ka hui hele. Hoʻokumu ka hoʻolālā i ka hana, ka lōʻihi a me nā pono o nā mea pāʻani, ke kino haumāna, nā limahana a me ke kaiāulu.
ʻO ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana ma lalo o nā bleachers e loaʻa i kahi lumi laka PE no ke keikikāne i hoʻolaʻa ʻia, kahi lumi hoʻomaʻamaʻa paona ākea, a me nā keʻena paʻa kiʻekiʻe no nā kāne a me nā wahine haʻuki. E komo pū nā keʻena o nā kaʻi, kahi waiho a me kahi lumi lako e loaʻa ai nā uwea e hoʻonui i ka hiki o ka pūnaewele i kēia a me nā hale kula e hiki mai ana.
“Ua kali lōʻihi ke kaiāulu McKinley no kēia hale hana. He mea hoʻokiʻekiʻe ka ʻike ʻana i ka hana paʻakikī o kēlā me kēia lā i kēia lā, "wahi a Okamura. "Ke kakali nei mākou e ʻike pehea e hoʻonui ai kēia paʻakikī hou ʻaʻole wale i ka papahana haʻuki akā e hoʻoikaika pū kekahi i ka ʻuhane kula."
