Representatives of Nānākuli High and Intermediate School say they have been left out of Oʻahu’s upcoming school resource officer pilot program.

Two years ago, Kaui Asinsin brought the idea of getting a police presence at Nānākuli High and Intermediate School to her neighborhood board.

Asinsin, who was then a security attendant on campus, was tired of seeing multiple fights per week break out between students.

Now, a pilot program with the police department is almost ready to be implemented at three Oʻahu schools, but Nānākuli High and Intermediate is not one of them.

“I’m happy that it got passed, but I’m disappointed that Nānākuli got overlooked,” said Asinsin, who now works as a community schools coordinator at the campus. “Nānākuli gets overlooked with resources. We just don’t seem

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