When schools closed, Maui educators shifted to support wildfire-ravaged communities

2023-08-24T11:05:18-10:00August 23, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

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.

Maui teacher gets $105K in student loan debt forgiven under temporary federal waiver

2022-01-26T14:05:04-10:00January 26, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Baldwin High School English teacher David Negaard, who had a total of $114,000 in student loan debt, recently had $105,000 of that debt forgiven, thanks to the U.S. Department of Education overhauling its long-dysfunctional Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).

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