Terri Inefuku2021-09-24T14:10:36-10:00September 22, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, governor, Hawaii Board of Education, health and safety, Honolulu Chapter, informational picket, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, petition, protocols|
Dozens of educators gathered Wednesday afternoon in front of the Queen Liliuokalani Building in downtown Honolulu to raise concerns over inadequate COVID-19 response in schools.
Terri Inefuku2021-09-16T11:22:44-10:00September 15, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Chad Mahoe, coronavirus, COVID-19, health and safety, informational picket, Julie Reyes Oda, Leeward Chapter, Manu Naeole, Osa Tui Jr, rally, Safety Our Students Deserve, sign, We are HSTA|
About 200 Leeward Oahu educators conducted socially distanced information picketing Tuesday afternoon to raise concerns about a lack of consistent safety protocols and an agreement which would enforce safe practices to keep students, school staff and the community safer during the pandemic. Public school teachers across the state will hold similar informational pickets in the coming days and weeks.
Terri Inefuku2021-09-08T13:39:17-10:00September 7, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: class, coronavirus, COVID-19, grievance, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, HSTA, unsafe conditions|
HSTA has filed two class grievances over unsafe working conditions during the pandemic and the state’s directive that unvaccinated education employees must be tested for COVID-19 weekly. Class grievances represent all teachers who have been wronged by action or inaction on the part of the employer.
Terri Inefuku2021-09-05T18:17:33-10:00September 3, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: attorney general, DOH, Donovan Dela Cruz, Dr. Libby Char, Hawaii Department of Health, michelle kidani, Senate COVID-19 committee, senator|
Several state senators Friday raised issues and concerns to Hawaii Department of Health Director Dr. Libby Char over what more the state can do to support schools as COVID-19 cases remain at all-time highs and school clusters have been acknowledged for the first time this school year.
Terri Inefuku2021-09-03T18:42:03-10:00September 3, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, Negotiations, News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, emergency proclamation, gov. david ige, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Hawaii State Teachers Association, HSTA, informal discussion, Negotiations|
Despite HSTA expressing serious concerns about inconsistent protocols and reports from members of transmission of COVID-19 on school campuses, interim Superintendent Keith Hayashi continued to assert that health safety guidelines are being followed and that there had been no evidence of transmission or clusters of COVID-19 at schools.
Terri Inefuku2021-09-07T10:58:06-10:00September 3, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, distance learning, Hawaii Board of Education, hiring, interim assistant superintendent, office of talent management, sean bacon|
The Hawaii Board of Education last week asked the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) whether there were ways to allow new teachers from the continental United States to reside there and be able to teach remotely. However, Hawaii law prohibits this type of employment by state or county government workers.
Terri Inefuku2021-09-08T22:01:03-10:00August 30, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: attestation statement, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Health, Hawaii State Department of Education, mandate, testing, vaccination, vaccine|
The Hawaii State Department of Education released Friday instructions for employees to provide proof of vaccination or opt for weekly COVID-19 testing.
Terri Inefuku2021-08-28T13:00:20-10:00August 27, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, Bruce Voss, coronavirus, COVID-19, Hawaii Board of Education, HSTA, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, mandate, Parents for Public Schools Hawaii, safe schools safe communities, safety, testing, vaccination, vaccine|
The system is beginning to buckle under the strain of increased school personnel on quarantine and continued days of record COVID-19 counts.
Terri Inefuku2021-08-24T15:41:01-10:00August 24, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: global competency, Global Learning Fellow, Kecia McDonald, resource teacher, The NEA Foundation, West Hawaii Complex Area|
Kecia McDonald, a K–12 resource teacher for the West Hawaii Complex Area, is excited and humbled to be one of 49 public school educators from across the country selected for the honor.
Terri Inefuku2021-08-23T09:27:16-10:00August 19, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: BOE, coronavirus, COVID-19, Hawaii Board of Education, meeting, memorandum of understanding, mou, safety, school reopening, testimony|
The Hawaii Board of Education met Thursday afternoon to hear testimony and a presentation from Hawaii State Department of Education officials about school safety issues during the coronavirus pandemic.
