​Will YOU help improve the athletic facilities at James Campbell High School?

When you are ready, send an e-mail or letter to the state's elected officials.  Elected officials of Ewa Beach have sponsored several bills to request funding for capital improvement projects in support of JCHS athletic facilities.  

YOU CAN HELP!

Use the verbiage below to send an email to key legislators.  Their e-mail addresses are located at under the quoted verbiage.  

YOU CAN HELP!  If not YOU... who?

If not NOW... when?

Alternatively, you can use THIS MICROSOFT WORD FILE or do both!

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Aloha (insert lawmaker's name here):

As a concerned citizen, voter, and member of the state-wide community, I am writing to request YOUR specific support of the following legislation:

1.    HB 2439:  capital improvement projects (CIP) for the 40th representative district

2.    HB 2695:  CIP for the benefit of the 41st representative district

3.    SB 2954:   CIP for the benefit of the 19th senatorial district

James Campbell High School, with the highest student population in the state, is expected to continue increasing over the next several years.  However, the school’s athletic facilities, which serve as an anchor point and gathering place for the Ewa Plain and the Central/Leeward Districts, are in desperate need of modernization and alignment with current law (Title IX).

Accordingly, your support for the above legislation is essential to ensure responsible, sensible planning is in place for a long-awaited Sports and Fitness Facility from which the entire Ewa community can benefit.  

To be sure, Ewa Beach, its surrounding area residents, alumni, and their children have performed exceedingly well, despite the horrendous facilities at the school.   For example, JCHS is overwhelming proud of its three-time Softball State Champions, Baseball State Champions, Track and Field State Champions, and many other sports-related accolades. 

Going forward, your SPECIFIC leadership and duty to public service is needed now more than ever.  Please vote in favor of the above legislation that will help move James Campbell High School and the community it supports to a “playing field” that is equal to the facilities at other high schools throughout the state.  

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,



Your Name Here

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If you decide to send an e-mail, please be courteous... and please ask your friends, family, and frenemies ACROSS THE STATE to send an e-mail, too.  We need the support of people OUTSIDE of the James Campbell Complex Area.  Here are the e-mail addresses for a few key legislators:

Senate President Ronald Kouchi
Senkouchi@capitol.Hawaii.gov

Senate WAM Chair Donovan Dela Cruz
Sendelacruz@capitol.Hawaii.gov

Senate WAM Vice-Chair/ CIP Lead Gilbert Keith-Agaran
Senkeithagaran@capitol.Hawaii.gov

House Finance Chair Sylvia Luke
Repluke@capitol.hawaii.gov

House CIP Lead Kyle Yamashita
Repyamashita@capitol.hawaii.gov

​Mr. Guy Leopard recently documented the condition of the facilities at James Campbell High School in Ewa Beach.  Guy’s presentation has been presented to the Ewa Beach Neighborhood Board, as well as to all elected officials in Ewa.  It's time to change the audience.  Please share this information with ALL of Hawaii's elected officials (not just the elected officials representing Ewa Beach and the Campbell Complex).  Mr. Leopard’s presentation highlights not only the current condition of James Campbell High School, but also the vast disparity that exists between other (smaller) Hawaii schools and James Campbell High School, which is, by far, the largest high school in Hawaii.
 
Some have said the current conditions are shocking.
 
Others have said the conditions are “not fair.”

Honolulu Civil Beat said, "Teeming with close to 3,200 students as the state's largest public school, Campbell High hasn't had a girls' athletic locker room since it opened in 1962."  Wow!  But the story doesn't end there... check out the presentation below.
 
When you are ready, use THIS ATTACHED FILE to send a letter to ALL elected officials.

​Be sure to send in your comments below... (please be courteous; we'd like to share your comments with our legislators):

 
Schools within the Campbell Complex include:

• Campbell High
• Ewa Beach El
• Ewa El
• Ewa Makai Middle
• Holomua El
• Ilima Int
• Iroquois Point El
• Kaimiloa El
• Keoneula El
• Pohakea El

 
Keep in mind… James Campbell High School is, by far, the largest high school in the state of Hawaii.  In fact, according to Mr. Leopard, JCHS has over 3,000 students… well over the 2,600 students at Kapolei High School and 2,500 at Mililani.
 
Yet, funding for bringing the facilities to an acceptable condition seems elusive.

What are your thoughts?  

​Remember:

When you are ready, use THIS ATTACHED FILE to send a letter to ALL elected officials.

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