Councilman Ernie, just before you were elected to the Council, Honolulu had a similar challenge of short of HPD applicants who qualified.  We had a working committee to work together with HPD at the time.  Our finding was very disturbing and pray it not similar this time.  Honolulu's public school applicants for HPD were failing the entrance exam.  Nearly all the accepted applicants were private school graduates.  Our focus turned to Hawaii's public education and why the public school applicants failed the written, English, and math questions.