Evan Kumasaki2020-07-23T02:27:00-10:00July 23, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, Bruce Anderson, coronavirus, COVID-19, delay, editorial, Hawaii Board of Education, health department, health director, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Josh Green, LG, lieutenant governor, meeting, newspaper, paper, reopening, schools, Star Advertiser, testimony|
"State officials should opt to delay the Aug. 4 start for students by up to a week, while tasking school facilities to hammer out, absorb and train up on more-through plans," the newspaper editorialized Wednesday.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-22T05:43:00-10:00July 22, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, memorandum of understanding, mou, reopening, students, superintendent|
The HIDOE and DOH need more time to properly create and implement health strategies to minimize the spread of COVID-19, and schools need more time to prepare educators for an online environment.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-18T12:16:00-10:00July 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, defer, HSTA, pay, proposal, shortage differentials, testimony|
In spite of new data showing they were effective, a proposal before the Hawaii State Board of Education (BOE) aims to defer millions of dollars in shortage differentials that the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) began in January for special education classroom teachers, Hawaiian language immersion educators, and educators at hard-to-staff schools.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-06T08:56:27-10:00July 14, 2020|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, memorandum of understanding, mou, superintendent|
We are pleased to report that the Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA) and Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto have reached a resolution on distancing of students in classrooms and face-covering requirements.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-10T16:21:00-10:00July 10, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, memorandum of understanding, mou, superintendent|
After a record number of educators and parents expressed concerns about unsafe social distancing protocols that violate a school reopening agreement between the state and Hawaii State Teachers Association, the Hawaii State Board of Education Thursday night voted to defer approval of the deal.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-03T11:56:00-10:00July 3, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, social distancing|
“For the safety of my students, their families and my own family, I implore the DOE to be firm and consistent in their guidance that we will practice physical distancing of six feet whenever possible, even in the classroom,” Nimitz Elementary teacher Logan Okita said.
Evan Kumasaki2020-06-02T04:23:00-10:00June 2, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, catherine payne, concerns, email, feedback, framework, input"/>, meeting, questions, reopening, reopening schools|
The Hawaii Board of Education meets virtually Thursday, June 4, and is seeking feedback about reopening Hawaii’s public schools through Friday.
Evan Kumasaki2020-01-30T06:03:00-10:00January 30, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: bill, Board of Education, capitol, Constitutional Amendment, House speaker, legislature, real property tax, Scott Saiki|
House Bill 2671 is a constitutional amendment proposing that the Board of Education have concurrent real property tax authority to fund teacher compensation.
Evan Kumasaki2020-01-18T06:07:00-10:00January 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, christina kishimoto, Cindy Covell, compression, Corey Rosenlee, Department of Education, DOE, HSTA, lawmakers, Raise, salary, step|
“This is a bold step to finally take care of this problem to make sure that every keiki in Hawaii has a qualified teacher,” said HSTA President Corey Rosenlee in testimony to the BOE Thursday.
Evan Kumasaki2022-09-30T14:04:38-10:00January 11, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, compression, Corey Rosenlee, differentials, increase, lawmakers, pay, salary adjustment, shortage differentials, steps|
Veteran teachers statewide would receive salary increases by moving up anywhere from one to five steps, gaining millions of dollars worth of salary increases if lawmakers approve a proposal from the state schools superintendent.
