10+ Maui teachers detained, questioned in erroneous federal immigration raid

2025-05-09T10:39:48-10:00May 8, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

‘The whole situation was really overwhelming and traumatic for all of us’ Posted: Thursday, May 8, 2025 A Maui teacher went public Thursday with the harrowing story of gun-toting federal agents waking her and about 10 public school teachers here on non-immigrant visas early Tuesday morning and detaining them for at least 45 minutes in a raid searching for a man who apparently hadn’t lived in the home for more than a year. The teacher is a U.S. citizen who requested anonymity to protect her identity and the names of her educator colleagues who suffered through what [...]

Maui parents to HIDOE: Communicate better, keep our kids in Lāhainā

2023-09-01T06:25:55-10:00August 31, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Frustrated Maui families told Hawaiʻi State Department of Education leaders in public meetings Wednesday that they’re frustrated by a lack of communication from the department, and they’re overwhelmingly opposed to busing their students to Central or South Maui daily to other campuses following fatal wildfires earlier this month.  

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