Hawaii Agency Is Racing ‘Against The Clock’ To Build New Preschools 1 The School Facilities Authority says it needs help to meet a June 2024 deadline to build and renovate up to 200 preschool classrooms.
The head of the new state school construction agency is asking the Legislature to fund three additional positions to help build and renovate up to 200 preschool classrooms by June 2024.
The School Facilities Authority, created in 2020, has $200 million for the task but is off to a slow start with only three people working on it so far.
Executive Director Chad Keone Farias presented his case Monday to the House Finance Committee, asking lawmakers to create three additional positions, including a project manager, a planner and a budget analyst.
“The challenge is the race against the clock,” Farias said in an interview after the legislative briefing. “We’re working as fast as we can.”
