Five-year-old Makani Cahill was among 54 students who showed up for classes this morning at Liholiho Elementary School in Kaimuki.

The school PTA organized an in-school child care arrangement for furlough Friday that included classes.
Everyone involved took the challenge in stride.
�I�m very happy about this alternative,� said Makani�s father, Ani Cahill, who said that his son likes school and was pleased to be in class.
�I think a lot of kids these days are into school � they�re happy to come to school.�
For the three hired teachers involved, there was a sense of excitement in the air.
�Basically, we�re hoping to take the skills the students have acquired in their more-structured classrooms and tried to help them use them in a more application-sort of way,� said Jodi Yoshimura, the PTA-hired school director who normally is the school services coordinator.
�I�m very excited because I�m an educator.�