Terri Inefuku2021-10-21T23:27:33-10:00October 21, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii Labor Relations Board, health and safety, informational picket, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, prohibited practice complaint, Safety Our Students Deserve, sign-waving, superintendent|
Dozens of educators and supporters gathered Wednesday to hold an informational picket in front of the Queen Liliuokalani building in downtown Honolulu, where the Hawaii State Department of Education and Board of Education offices are located.
Terri Inefuku2021-10-21T16:28:24-10:00October 16, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, Hawaii Board of Education, health and safety, informational picket, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, Safety Our Students Deserve, sign-waving, superintendent|
Join us for sign-waving on Wednesday, Oct. 20, as we send the message to the HIDOE and the BOE that we have a right to bargain for the safety of our schools.
Terri Inefuku2021-09-24T14:10:36-10:00September 22, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, governor, Hawaii Board of Education, health and safety, Honolulu Chapter, informational picket, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, petition, protocols|
Dozens of educators gathered Wednesday afternoon in front of the Queen Liliuokalani Building in downtown Honolulu to raise concerns over inadequate COVID-19 response in schools.
Terri Inefuku2021-09-07T10:58:06-10:00September 3, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, distance learning, Hawaii Board of Education, hiring, interim assistant superintendent, office of talent management, sean bacon|
The Hawaii Board of Education last week asked the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) whether there were ways to allow new teachers from the continental United States to reside there and be able to teach remotely. However, Hawaii law prohibits this type of employment by state or county government workers.
Terri Inefuku2021-08-28T13:00:20-10:00August 27, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, Bruce Voss, coronavirus, COVID-19, Hawaii Board of Education, HSTA, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, mandate, Parents for Public Schools Hawaii, safe schools safe communities, safety, testing, vaccination, vaccine|
The system is beginning to buckle under the strain of increased school personnel on quarantine and continued days of record COVID-19 counts.
Terri Inefuku2021-08-23T09:27:16-10:00August 19, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: BOE, coronavirus, COVID-19, Hawaii Board of Education, meeting, memorandum of understanding, mou, safety, school reopening, testimony|
The Hawaii Board of Education met Thursday afternoon to hear testimony and a presentation from Hawaii State Department of Education officials about school safety issues during the coronavirus pandemic.
Terri Inefuku2021-08-18T19:15:44-10:00August 18, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: BOE, catherine payne, coronavirus, COVID-19, David Ige, demand, distance learning, governor, Hawaii Board of Education, impact bargaining, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, Negotiations, open letter, quarantine|
In a news conference Wednesday, HSTA President Osa Tui, Jr. outlined the stark discrepancy between what officials are telling the public and what’s really happening in Hawaii’s public schools.
Terri Inefuku2021-08-11T21:05:45-10:00August 11, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, guidelines, Hawaii Board of Education, health, impact bargaining, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, memorandum of understanding, safety|
“Yesterday, Gov. David Ige issued an executive order that prohibits indoor social gatherings of more than 10 people. Schools and classrooms were not included. Many of you reached out, frustrated at the hypocrisy of this order, and I agree completely.”
Jill Meinecke2021-07-03T12:11:07-10:00July 2, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, Brian Schatz, charter schools, christina kishimoto, Hawaii Board of Education, HSTA, Osa Tui, PBS Hawaii, PBS Insights, students, teachers|
The Hawaii Board of Education chair said Thursday the board will discuss distance learning options for next school year at its next meeting on July 15, just a little more than two weeks before most public school students are scheduled to return to class.
Terri Inefuku2021-08-18T18:43:43-10:00June 9, 2021|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, collective bargaining agreement, contract, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Negotiations, State of Hawaii, tentative settlement|
Bargaining Unit 05 (BU05) employees of the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) and public charter schools have voted to ratify a new two-year contract.
