Jill Meinecke2024-04-15T16:15:59-10:00November 2, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: 2024 legislative session, evacuation plan, Hawaii State House of Representatives, HIDOE, House Speaker Scott Saiki, Lahaina, Lahaina wildfires, Maui fires, maui wildfires, Schools Working Group|
Emergency evacuation plans for individual public schools are not easily accessible and need to be made available for public feedback, the state House Schools Working Group recommended in a draft report released this week.
Terri Inefuku2023-09-29T10:44:36-10:00September 29, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: evacuation plan, Hawaii State House of Representatives, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina Intermediate, Lahainaluna High School, maui wildfires, mental health, testimony|
Families in Lahaina voiced their concerns Thursday over inadequate evacuation plans and inaccessible mental health services as three of four Hawaiʻi State Department of Education schools in West Maui prepare to reopen to students next month in the wake of devastating wildfires.
Jill Meinecke2022-04-01T19:15:05-10:00April 1, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 21 hours, compression, Hawaii Legislature, Hawaii State House of Representatives, House Finance Committee, Jr., lawmakers, Lisa Morrison, Logan Okita, Osa Tui, professional development, shortage differentials, Sylvia Luke, teacher pay|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association’s top priority bills, including those that would pay teachers based on their years of service, secure funding for shortage differentials, and reinstate 21 hours of job-embedded professional development, cleared a large milestone Friday when the important state House Finance Committee unanimously voted to advance them.
Jill Meinecke2022-03-25T12:45:54-10:00March 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: COVID-19, governor, Hawaii Island, Hawaii public schools, Hawaii State House of Representatives, Hawaii State Senate, Health and Human Services Committees, HSTA recommends, Kaʻu, Kohala Chapter, Kohala Middle, Kona, Lt. Gov. Josh Green, Osa Tui, pandemic, Wendy Nickl, West Hawaii Community Health Center|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association is excited to announce our support for Lt. Gov. Josh Green’s campaign for governor. The HSTA announced the recommendation at a news conference Friday morning at HSTA headquarters in Honolulu.
