Providing Essential
Classroom Cooling
And Hepa Filtration
For Hawaii's Students
Keep Our Kids Kool
Comfort and Clean Air for Every Classroom
For years, students and teachers have suffered from stifling heat and poor air quality. In 2016, DOE allocated $120 million to address this issue, but those funds disappeared without producing any measurable results. Promises were made, but accountability was lacking, and our classrooms still struggle with 90-degree temperatures.
This isn’t just about numbers on a spreadsheet. It’s personal. Craig Chapman, a lifelong Hawaiian businessman and education advocate, has watched his 10-year-old granddaughter struggle to learn in a classroom that feels like a furnace. Faculty and staff aren’t spared either—they’re expected to teach in unacceptable conditions.
Kool Skools and Kool-Kleen Air exist to change that—right now. Our community-driven solution delivers portable cooling and HEPA-14 air purification at zero cost to the DOE. It’s not the permanent fix, but it’s an immediate relief solution that our children and educators deserve.
Join with us, and be part of the Kool Skools solution.
Why Our Transformative Mission Matters
In Hawai'i's classrooms, where persistent heat and poor air quality hinder student comfort and learning, Kool Skools Hawai'i offers a transformative solution. Our objective is to cool students, not classrooms. By integrating family kuleana with school support, we deliver "Kool Kleen Air to Students." The program delivers USB-C battery-powered cooling units with a 20,000 mAh power supply at $1 per classroom, vs $6 per day, bringing immediate relief and wellness to students without placing financial or logistical burdens on schools.
If We Don't Fix This, Who Will?
The “Kool Kleen Air” program allows families to purchase a cooling unit for home use at $89, and when purchased, an identical unit is donated to their child’s classroom at no cost to the school. This approach bypasses typical Department of Education delays and fundraising, enabling households to take immediate action to improve classroom environments. This program also ensures equity, as all students benefit from classroom units regardless of family participation.
Providing Essential Classroom
Cooling For Hawaii's Students
Several key motivations underpin the initiative:
The Failure of the DOE's cool classrooms initiative in 2016, wasting over $105 million and over $10 million paid to consultants, with no accounting.
Classrooms remain excessively hot despite prior state efforts, leaving many schools underserved in cooling solutions.
Improving air quality is critical, as the units not only cool, but with the MERV-13 filter will also eliminate airborne particles and reduce the spread of the cold and flu virus, promoting student wellness. Families are empowered to lead change directly rather than waiting for external funding.
Equity is embedded in the program design, benefiting all students.
Operational Details
The program functions through this straightforward process: Buy One Gift One.
Families purchase a home cooling unit at a special discounted price. An identical unit is immediately sent to the student's classroom. Both home and school environments benefit from Kleen Kool Air.
Design Features for Hawai'i's Schools
These cooling units and program are specifically tailored for the Hawai’i school environment:
These cooling and air-cleaning units operate quietly and consume low DC power from USB-C rechargeable batteries, minimizing strain on the electrical infrastructure.
Units are portable, desk-friendly, and at 18” away, directed at the student, deliver immediate comfort and clean air regardless of the RH (relative humidity).
Minimal maintenance, supplied by school employees, is simplified through color-coded cartridges and visual guides. The program includes a freezer system for daily rotation of ice cartridges to maintain optimal cooling efficiency.
This initiative is a collaboration between Kool Skools Hawaii and Ha Ike Hawaii, a B Corporation focused on student wellness.
Let's Make This Happen; NOW!
Together, Ha Ike Hawaii and Kool Skools Hawaii are focused on providing Hawai'i's keiki with the cool, clean classrooms they deserve, bypassing any government involvement to address longstanding challenges in school environments.
