Terri Inefuku2023-11-13T15:11:37-10:00August 29, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: board of directors, check, classroom supplies, damage, disaster relief, HSTA, maui wildfires, members, primary residence|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Board of Directors late Sunday unanimously voted to allocate $150,000 to be spent on Maui disaster relief for HSTA members whose homes and classrooms have been destroyed by wildfires last week.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-24T11:05:18-10:00August 23, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Baldwin High School, donations, evacuation, Jamie Kovacic, King Kekaulike High School, Maui High School, maui wildfires, Nadine Gushi-Lo, Oprah Winfrey, shelter, Trisha Roy, volunteer|
One day after devastating wildfires broke out on Maui, Baldwin High teacher Trisha Roy packed up a box of donations and headed to the emergency shelter at War Memorial Stadium in Wailuku. But what was supposed to be a simple drop-off turned into three and a half days of volunteer service — and she wasn't the only one.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-23T18:30:37-10:00August 21, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: evacuation, Jackie Ellis, Joa Navarro, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahainaluna High, maui wildfires|
When Lāhaināluna High science teacher Jackie Ellis was fleeing deadly Lāhainā wildfires last week, she never imagined a chance encounter at a stoplight would mean saving her former student’s life.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-22T20:26:12-10:00August 17, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, Hawaii State Department of Education, maui wildfires, testimony|
Sound off on school-related planning for the weeks and months ahead Posted: August 17, 2023 On Thursday, Aug. 24, at 1:30 p.m., the Board of Education will hold its regularly scheduled August general business meeting. On the agenda, Superintendent Keith Hayashi will report on Maui wildfire impacts. This is an opportunity for educators and community members affected by the Maui wildfires to make their voices heard regarding school-related planning for the weeks and months ahead. This disaster demands effective, timely communication. HSTA members have continued to express their concerns over the lack of timely communication [...]
Terri Inefuku2023-08-16T13:12:27-10:00August 16, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Career and Technical Education, committee, contract, EL, English learner, leave, special education, student discipline, teacher transfer program, workgroup|
If you are interested in volunteering to serve on one or more particular workgroups, please review the available options and submit a request for consideration.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-15T12:08:25-10:00August 15, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: administrative leave, brush fire, emergency, Maui, maui wildfires, school closures, school reopening, shelter, wind|
To our educator ʻohana on Maui, your well-being is top of mind. Please know your colleagues across the state are working to support and advocate for you in your time of need.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-13T12:20:32-10:00August 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, Hawaii State Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, HSTA, impact bargaining, Maui chapter, maui wildfires|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Friday sent a request to the state for impact bargaining as well as a request for information about wildfires and their impacts on schools, teachers, and students.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-16T15:41:53-10:00August 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: damage, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Maui, maui wildfires, school, wildfires|
Mindi Cherry, a first-grade teacher at King Kamehameha III Elementary School in Lāhainā, is dealing with the overwhelming shock of losing both her family’s home and her classroom after wildfires ravaged the historic town Tuesday and Wednesday.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-11T12:48:20-10:00August 10, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: disaster, emergency response, housing, Lahainaluna High, maui wildfires|
Teachers from Lahainaluna High compared notes Wednesday afternoon and reached a grim assessment as Maui wildfires continued burning on the island: At least 15 of their coworkers at their school alone had homes destroyed by the flames.
Terri Inefuku2023-07-26T15:53:29-10:00July 26, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: book bans, delegate, Florida, Jennifer Nakamoto, Joseph Nakamoto, Joyce Nakamura, National Education Association, NEA, NEA RA, Nicole Ehara, Orlando, Representative Assembly|
Two Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members represented Hawaiʻi for the first time at the national level with special advisers at their side: their mothers.
