kkerr@hsta.org2021-03-04T17:01:39-10:00March 4, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: appointment, board, Board of Education, BOE, catherine payne, christina kishimoto, committee, contract, Derek Minakami, Human Resources, Mike Landes, reappointed, Rebecca Hadley-Schlosser|
After receiving an overwhelming amount of written and oral testimony critical of the leadership of Hawaii’s controversial state schools superintendent Christina Kishimoto, the Hawaii Board of Education’s Human Resources Committee postponed a vote to consider whether to approve her new contract.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-03-03T18:34:29-10:00March 3, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, christina kishimoto, contract, educators, HGEA, HSTA, HSTA Board of Directors, oppose, opposition, superintendent, teachers, term, Unit 6|
An overwhelming number of people who submitted written testimony to the Hawaii Board of Education as of midday Wednesday asked the BOE not to renew the contract of Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-02-14T16:04:27-10:00February 14, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: board, BOE, budgets, federal aid, proposal, SPPA, stimulus, testimony, tutors, weighted student formula, written testimony, wsf|
Join us in asking the Board of Education to prioritize restoring all cuts to the weighted student formula (WSF) and special education per-pupil allocation (SPPA), which would eliminate the need for layoffs of any HIDOE employees, including all teachers. HSTA will further ask HIDOE to follow the law by using federal stimulus funding to avoid future pay cuts.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-02-14T16:03:28-10:00February 12, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, bonus, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, cuts, differentials, discontinue, eliminate, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian language immersion, pay, shortage, special education, vacancies|
The superintendent’s memo is misleading. While she indicates that the shortage differential program was a pilot, this is not the case. These differentials were enacted and approved by the Board of Education based on Kishimoto's request on Dec. 5, 2019.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-02-05T15:17:35-10:00February 4, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: board, Board of Education, BOE, Corey Rosenlee, HGEA, HSTA, member, nonvoting, principals, teacher|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association’s proposal to add a nonvoting member to the Board of Education who is a public school teacher received initial approval from the state House Education Committee Thursday.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-05T01:27:31-10:00January 23, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Biran Hallet, BOE, budget, budget cuts, Colleen Hanabusa, congress, Corey Rosenlee, DOE, maintenance of effort, restrictions, schools, stimulus|
The Hawaii State Department of Education’s chief financial officer told the Board of Education Thursday that the teachers' union correctly described congressional restrictions on reducing public school budgets after the state accepted hundreds of millions of dollars in federal pandemic aid.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-05T01:28:40-10:00January 22, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Amanda Lacar, board, BOE, catherine payne, christina kishimoto, federal, firing, funds, HSTA, Julie Reyes Oda, Kenneth Uemura, layoffs, Maggie Cox, Osa Tui, plan, stimulus, tutor, tutoring|
The Hawaii Board of Education Thursday tabled a controversial Hawaii Department of Education proposal to use $53 million in federal pandemic stimulus funds to hire tutors for public school students as the department contemplates laying off hundreds of teachers, education assistants, and other staff.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:57:24-10:00October 10, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, educators, forms, memo, new, online, telework|
The memo responds to testimony from HSTA members that prompted the Hawaii State Board of Education to take important action at their Oct. 1 meeting.
Evan Kumasaki2020-10-03T02:15:00-10:00October 3, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: approve, Board of Education, BOE, catherine payne, Corey Rosenlee, in writing, Kili Namauu, reject, rejections, requirements, telework, written|
At a special meeting, the Hawaii State Board of Education Thursday took steps to improve teacher telework approval procedures by requiring administrators to provide reasons in writing for rejecting those requests during the pandemic.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:58:32-10:00October 3, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: approve, Board of Education, BOE, catherine payne, Corey Rosenlee, in writing, Kili Namauu, reject, rejections, requirements, telework, written|
At a special meeting, the Hawaii State Board of Education Thursday took steps to improve teacher telework approval procedures by requiring administrators to provide reasons in writing for rejecting those requests during the pandemic.
