kkerr@hsta.org2021-07-30T15:42:13-10:00July 29, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: concern, faculty meetings, guidance, in-person meetings, Julie Reyes Oda, Osa Tui, policy, risk, staff, variant|
Educators who reported back to work for the new school year this week said that some principals are insisting on holding in-person meetings with large numbers of staff in school libraries and other school facilities, risky behavior that goes against HIDOE's own guidance.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-04-30T09:59:05-10:00April 30, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: auditor, cases, concern, coronavirus, COVID-19, disclose, list, report, schools, transparency|
SB811 requires the HIDOE to publish a weekly report starting after July 1 on schools that have a student, staff member, or affiliated individual who has tested positive for COVID-19.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-23T17:05:00-10:00July 23, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: administrators, Board of Education, concern, coronavirus, COVID-19, delay, EAs, educators, James Sunday, meeting, parents, principals, SASAs, students, teachers, testimony|
James Sunday, Radford High School principal, submitted testimony to the BOE that said, “Although we are expected to be ‘good soldiers’ who follow directives, we can not in good conscience move forward without expressing the concerns we continue to have in regards to reopening our schools. The depth of these concerns keep us up at night as we hold the health and safety of our individual communities in our hands.”
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-04T21:55:30-10:00May 30, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: concern, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, Department of Health, DOH, guidance, HIDOE, HSTA, outbreak, pandemic, public charter schools|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association is working closely with the Hawaii State Department of Education on this matter and will update members as needed.
