Evan Kumasaki2020-10-01T11:03:00-10:00October 1, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: board, Board of Education, BOE, CDC, Centers for Disease Control, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Health, federal, standards|
A day before the Hawaii Board of Education holds a special meeting on several key items including school reopening guidelines and telework for educators during the pandemic, the Hawaii State Teachers Association raised serious concerns that the state Department of Health’s new guidelines for the safe opening of schools are unsafe and much less stringent than federal guidelines.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:53:03-10:00September 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Angie Choi, Board of Education, BOE, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dayne Inouye, died, distance, dole middle school, telework, testimony|
Angie Choi, a school counselor at Dole Middle School, submitted testimony to the Board of Education Wednesday asking them on behalf of her late sister to assure that educators can telework during the pandemic.
Evan Kumasaki2020-08-27T11:38:00-10:00August 27, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, coronavirus, COVID-19, David Ige, governor, Honolulu mayor, ige, Kirk Caldwell, mayor, order, private schools, public schools, restrictions, stay-at-home, telework|
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said Wednesday that he wanted to include public schools in the “Stay-at-Home, Work-at-Home” order that goes into effect on Oahu at midnight, but Gov. David Ige asked that public schools and University of Hawaii campuses remain open.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-31T12:47:00-10:00July 31, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: board, Board of Education, BOE, calendar, changes, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, coronavirus, COVID-19, delay, Dwight Takeno, Kili Naumauu, pandemic, students|
The change gives school staff an additional nine days for training and preparation before students to return to class.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-25T10:49:00-10:00July 25, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, classrooms, Corey Rosenlee, coronavirus, COVID-19, delay, emergency meeting, meeting, pandemic, proposals, reopening, special meeting, students|
The Hawaii State Board of Education (BOE) has scheduled a special meeting Thursday to take action on a number of scenarios that would give educators more time to prepare before students return to class during the pandemic.
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 Kumasaki2020-06-20T11:11:00-10:00June 20, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, bonus, campaign, christina kishimoto, differential, differentials, extra pay, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian language immersion, maintain, school year, special education, SPED|
Shortage differentials that the Hawaii State Department of Education began in January for special education classroom teachers, Hawaiian language immersion educators and teachers at hard-to-staff schools will continue in school year 2020–21, after the department confirmed the eligibility criteria in a memo published this week.
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 Kumasaki2020-01-18T06:07:00-10:00January 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 Kumasaki2022-10-01T11:27:17-10:00December 6, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, Brian De Lima, Bruce Voss, campaign, catherine payne, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, differentials, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian language immersion, Julia Fernandez, Leilani Roberts, Leinaala Vedder, Osa Tui, special education, SPED|
DOE, BOE leaders commit to a multi-phased approach to help end the teacher shortage crisis.
