Kaupo community hopes to restart schoolhouse project The restoration became a demolition, upsetting members of community

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After the unexpected demolition of the old Kaupo School prompted an outcry among the small East Maui community, officials and residents agreed Saturday to move the project to create a community center forward under a more transparent system.

A gathering of about 52 residents in Kaupo on Saturday voted unanimously to accept a new community engagement protocol that they hope will provide better accountability and cooperation as they work to repurpose the old schoolhouse.

“In hindsight, there were things that could’ve been done better,” said Kauwila Hanchett, treasurer of the Kaupo Community Association, who is serving as the community liaison moving forward. “We were working so hard to bring the project together and make things better that we had missed involving the community in the appropriate way.”