President William McKinley High School

I have found that this establishment has poor bathrooms and bad food it’s shitty bad service

I really wish the Principle and security would address the drug issues surrounding the school. Every school day, going to and from the school, students like Taylor M. stop to trespass and loiter, doing drugs on my front steps; I call HPD and a few get arrested, but next morning, more take their place…

Gets crowded quick… central location is ideal… all kind folks can be found supporting athletics!!!

President William McKinley High School
«doing the best we can»
not the most encouraging words to hear from some teachers.
McKinley is the oldest high school here on Oahu. It has a long history. The location is the best location I could think of for any educational institute possible. You have all your own campus and then if more room is needed– Blasedail is right there for more parking and more rooms right there on the same block if there is something huge that is needed.
One thing that I find great and a let down at the same time is that there is a placard of Sen. Duckworth, she went to school at McKinley, went on to be a chopper pilot in Iraq being shot down and lost her use of her legs and then went on to be an Illinois politician. It really shows students that pay attention that McKinley is a place where possibilities are. Good on McKinley for making a concerned effort to highlight great alum. McKinley disappoints in that there are not more examples of great Americans that show possibilities.
The auditorium is air conditioned and a wonderful example of high quality presentations for presenting high quality work. Different teachers groups have had presentations and events too in the room and that is where I saw how great the stage is and how nice it is to sit in those seats and be enthralled.
The basketball gym is good for games. There is a snack bar area that is really reasonable and usually manned by a sports club or music group so all know that the profits are going directly back into the school activities. The gym is well designed to make it possible for many spectators able to sit comfortably.
Many people can be downtrodden– it is crowded and one can easily get lost in the crowd. There though are many opportunities that are not at other schools that don’t have enough students to make clubs, groups and activities possible.
There is a difference between spending and investment. Education for children under 18 years old is always investment instead of spending. If we spent $ 200 on a bottle of wine, and drank the wine– there is no investment there will not be any gainful return on the $ 200, the money is gone. If we spend $ 3,000 per student per year and reduce the size of classrooms form 30 students to 20 students — that is an investment in the time per student and will have a noticeable gain in the test scores. Education is always worthwhile to invest in so that the results will be long lasting.
Education is so important, making good choices in education is essential. Learning more about local schools to make improvements is so needed.
Still a great location and a great opportunity to support improving education as an investment in our future of Hawaii.

12.8.13.
This gym brings back a lot of memories from my junior school/​high school days! Plenty of tournaments were held here and it’s so nice to see that things haven’t changed much!
The gym here is still host to many events, tournaments and even division championships (e.g., volleyball). I love the old-​school feel of the hardwood floor and wooden bleachers, and looking up at all of the banners hanging from the rafters humbles you a bit everytime you walk in.
Bathrooms here are also not bad. Water fountains need to be fixed as well, so make sure you bring your own and lots of it if you’re here for a sporting event.
If I had any criticisms it would be, give this school some money to revamp it’s gym!
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Once known for being the place to send your children. McKinley has fallen on hard times. The campus is way too busy.

OK, I’m no where near a recent high school graduate, but I did just spend the weekend at McKinley. Mostly, I’ve admired the school from afar — a combination of knowing lots of past graduates, one past principal, and the view of the historical buildings facing King Street.
My perspective came after attending a 2-​day robotics competition in the school cafeteria, smack-​dab in the middle of the sprawling campus. I like it. You can see the history of the campus so much better from the middle of it — the new-​classic architecture, the funky bowing steel beams that form the roof-​line of the cafeteria, the gymnasium, the super-​large trees that shade the entire area. It’s got a UH Manoa kinda feel to it.
Sure, the campus could use some maintenance, particularly the awful design of their parking (but isn’t that true of nearly every parking lot in Hawaii?). That said, it still has the character of a first-​class learning institution. They school played gracious host to not only the 18-​schools there for the robotics competition, but also to a volleyball tournament, football game, cheerleader practice, and adult learning — all on a weekend. I’m a fan of this Oahu treasure!

Graduate of ’06!
I feel like they do not have as much «drama» (mostly talking about violence) than lot of other schools on this island.
Teachers & staff (well…some staff) are pretty pretty good teachers. Just the right amount of «nice» to their students.
This was the first school on the island (after a few name changes of course) so I’m glad that I went to a school with quite of bit of history in it.
Shout outs to Mrs. Hesch, Mr. Smith, Ms. Oshiro & Ms. Anderson lol.

Seriously, high schools? I’ve never attended school at McKinley, but I heard it smells funny. With all the stabbings, its a suprise that people are alive to graduate, but the rising population boom from all the unwed mothers probably offsets this.
Nah nah, just kidding. Most of my friends went to McKinley and are pretty cool.