Island Images

Moving History

Photo by Ken Ige, Star Bulletin

Instead of turning their backs on their old schoolhouse as they moved on to high school, a group of Kipapa Elementary School alumni became activists to save their childhood classrooms from demolition. Above, Yvonne Toma and the structure she helped save. Below, a 1938 photo of the main building that included the schoolhouse.

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