West Oahu Charter School Finances Expansion Through Municipal Bonds 4 One of Hawaii’s newest charter schools turns to an untraditional source of funding to finance its expansion.
A West Oahu charter school that opened in 2019 with 100 sixth graders welcomed its first class of freshmen this year, but DreamHouse Ewa Beach doesn’t yet have a high school.
For now, the ninth graders are attending classes in a renovated fitness studio in Kapolei Marketplace pending the construction of a new high school called DreamHouse Center, which is due to open in 2024.
Demand for the public charter school is high: as of late July, DreamHouse’s waitlist included almost 290 students.
Sixth grade teacher Chaney Lopez credits the school’s popularity to its focus on serving the individual needs of students.
