Kamehameha Schools is prepared to fight a lawsuit challenging its long-standing admissions policy that prioritizes students of Native Hawaiian descent.
On Monday, Students for Fair Admissions filed a lawsuit against Kamehameha Schools, targeting its admissions policy, which gives preference to Native Hawaiians.
This school policy was directed by the will of Ke Aliʻi Pauahi, a chiefess of the Hawaiian Kingdom, nearly 132 years ago.
Pauahi established her private will on Oct. 31, 1883, dedicating some of her vast landholdings and assets to a trust to create a school for Native Hawaiians in perpetuity. Since its first school opened in 1887, Kamehameha Schools has honored its founder, Ke Aliʻi Pauahi, who passed on the responsibility to care for her land and educate future generations to lead, compete, and restore and sustain her people’s well-being…