How One Hawaii Foundation Is Helping Build A Local Tutor Pipeline For Schools - Honolulu Civil Beat How One Hawaii Foundation Is Helping Build A Local Tutor Pipeline For Schools A disrupted academic year has caused many high school students to fall behind. A new partnership will connect them to local college students to help them catch up. Reading time: 8 minutes. Many students at Farrington High have fallen behind academically as the school year comes to an end after months of online learning and pandemic-related disruptions. Just down the road, students at Honolulu Community College need jobs and experience. The two Kalihi institutions decided to join forces by having the college students serve as tutors for the high schoolers in one of several initiatives aimed at helping Hawaii’s youth catch up so the next school year can get off to a strong start.