Terri Inefuku2022-03-04T13:42:05-10:00March 4, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, fuel tanks, Red Hill, resolution, U.S. Navy, Water contamination|
The Hawaii Board of Education voted to approve a stronger, more action-oriented resolution on the Red Hill water contamination at its general business meeting Thursday.
Terri Inefuku2022-03-04T13:51:26-10:00March 4, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: distance learning, staff reduction, TATP, Teacher Assignment and Transfer Program, telework|
HSTA cautions all teachers applying for any position listed as “distance learning” to approach the opportunity with a full understanding of the expectations and possible consequences of accepting a transfer into such a position.
Terri Inefuku2022-03-04T13:33:05-10:00March 4, 2022|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, Governor David Ige, Hawaii Department of Health, Hawaii State Department of Education, health and safety, mandate, masking, mitigation, pandemic, requirement, restrictions, vaccination|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association has reached out to the HIDOE and confirmed that all COVID-19 mitigation and health and safety policies remain in place for now. The HIDOE is awaiting guidance from the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) before announcing any changes.
Terri Inefuku2022-03-03T17:14:17-10:00March 3, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: adviser, censorship, Cynthia Reves, First Amendment, House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, McKinley High School, newspaper, retaliation, school-sponsored media, student journalists|
House Bill 1848, HD1 was unanimously approved by the state House Committee on Judicial and Hawaiian Affairs last week. If it becomes law, student journalists would be allowed to exercise freedom of speech and freedom of the press in school-sponsored media, and advisers would be protected from retaliation for refusing to infringe upon student press freedom.
Terri Inefuku2022-03-02T17:31:56-10:00March 2, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Aha Kauleo, bill, Board of Education, BOE, Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, constitution, Hawaiian language immersion, House of Representatives, kaiapuni, Laverne Moore, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Osa Tui Jr|
The state House Committee on Judicial and Hawaiian Affairs advanced a bill last week that would require one of the at-large members of the Board of Education be an expert on Hawaiian language immersion.
Terri Inefuku2022-02-25T19:09:20-10:00February 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Association Policy Committee, collective bargaining agreement, contract violation, contractual rights, directive, grievance, non-classroom teacher, School Level Leader, Solomon Elementary, substitute, UD, UniServ director, volunteer|
When David Martin, a special education preschool teacher at Solomon Elementary on Schofield Barracks Army Base in Wahiawa, Oahu, heard his principal was violating the Hawaii State Teachers Association collective bargaining agreement, or contract, at the beginning of the school year, he knew he had to step in.
Terri Inefuku2022-02-25T19:11:08-10:00February 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: hakalama, Hawaiian kingdom, Hawaiian language, Hawaiian Language Month, kupuna, lessons of the week, Mahina Olelo Hawaii, Native Hawaiian, olelo, olelo Hawaii|
From common greetings to place names and street signs, we are surrounded by the Hawaiian language. Whether you were born or raised here or moved to the islands recently, having a foundational knowledge of the Hawaiian language connects us to our environment and culture.
Terri Inefuku2022-02-18T13:18:59-10:00February 18, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: legislature, menstrual equity, Period poverty, SB2821, Senate, Senate Bill, Ways and Means Committee|
Lawmakers tasked with overseeing the state’s finances received nearly 200 pages of written testimony in support of Senate Bill 2821 SD1 relating to menstrual equity.
Terri Inefuku2022-02-18T09:49:43-10:00February 18, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, distance learning, Hawaiian language immersion, kaiapuni, virtual school|
BOE Chair Catherine Payne raised several concerns “that we’re trying to rush to get this going but we are not really fully prepared with the curriculum in place and the teachers trained and the real understanding of how we’ll have some hybrid opportunities in addition to the full-on digital learning for some students.”
Terri Inefuku2022-02-17T16:10:02-10:00February 17, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, decommission, fuel tanks, Navy, Red Hill, resolution, Sierra Club of Hawaii, Water contamination|
The Hawaii Board of Education postponed action Thursday on a resolution to address the water contamination crisis caused by the U.S. Navy’s Red Hill fuel tanks, promising a “stronger” proposal in a couple of weeks’ time in response to requests for tougher language from the Hawaii State Teachers Association and other organizations.
