“;What do we want? School! What do we got? Furloughs!”;

That's what Save Our Schools protesters chanted yesterday morning as they held signs and crossed Beretania Street from Linda Lingle's office at the state Capitol to Washington Place, where they planned to spend the night.

It was the fourth day of a demonstration to end Furlough Fridays — 17 no-school days per academic year — implemented to balance the state budget.

The protesters plan to rally at 5:30 p.m. today at the Capitol and say they will return tomorrow to the governor's office where they risk arrest.

A state sheriff's deputy on Friday issued trespassing citations to seven adult protesters, who had been holding a sit-in and sleep-over at the governor's office.

But four adults and three children stayed overnight Friday even after the citations, said Marguerite Higa, a spokeswoman for the group. The Furlough Friday protesters moved this weekend to the sidewalk fronting Washington Place, once the official governors' residence but now a museum.

Lois Yamauchi, who received a citation, said because a second citation could lead to arrest, it will be up to each individual to decide if he or she will participate in the protest tomorrow night at the governor's office.

Yamauchi said the children “;love staying overnight; they think it's very exciting — it's a sleep-over with their friends.”; Her son, Zac Trevorrow, sat on the sidewalk, working on a sign he made up himself, which said, “;Fix it! Linda Lingle Stop the Furlough!”;

The 12-year-old said he attends the University of Hawaii Laboratory School, a charter school, so “;I don't even get affected by this. But it's not fair for kids who don't have school. It's very important for me to be here to help my fellow students.”;

He said his brother Coe Trevorrow, 9, who attends Manoa Elementary, is affected by the furlough days.

“;Linda Lingle needs to come to more meetings in person. It would be much easier to negotiate instead of just talking to Linda Smith (the governor's senior policy adviser),”; Trevorrow said.

Carrie Lau, a UH graduate student who was given a citation, said, “;They shut off the A.C. (air-conditioner) to make the room warm, so after 4:30 (in the afternoon) it gets hot. She's trying to sweat us out, I guess.”;

She explained the protesters are locked into a conference room outside Lingle's office at 4:30 p.m., when the building is closed. Security lets them out on request, but no one is allowed to re-enter, even if they leave only to use the bathroom.

Lingle has not met with the protesters. Her staff issued a written statement yesterday that said the governor has had face-to-face meetings with the teachers' union and state agencies involved in the furloughs to try to end the impasse.

“;The individuals who are making false allegations against the governor should encourage the HSTA to change its position,”; the statement said.

The teachers' union is lobbying lawmakers to fund a $95 million agreement to end Furlough Fridays.

But the governor has said she will release only $62 million and does not support returning “;non-essential”; employees to work.