Source: Maui Time, Maui News, Best of Maui, Maui Activities

By the Numbers

June 11, 2009

50,000

Number of new solar water heaters installed in Hawaii homes since 1996

$45.5 million

Rebates given to customers by Hawaiian Electric Company during that time

95 cents

Amount by which the cost of a school lunch would increase under a proposal being considered by the state Department of Education

63.9 percent

Hawaii’s 2006 high school graduation rate, the 11th lowest in the country, according to a new nationwide report; state education officials dispute the figure

Sources: Hawaiian Electric Co., Hawaii Department of Education, Education Week, Honolulu Advertiser, Pacific Business News