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.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-09-22T13:42:29-10:00September 17, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Bill Arakaki, Bruce Voss, catherine payne, CDC, DOH, guidelines, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, Phyllis Unebasami, schools, testing|
Interim Superintendent Keith Hayashi of the Hawaii State Department of Education came under fire Thursday for haphazard COVID-19 testing in public schools and said he had not held discussions yet with state health officials about a possible vaccination mandate for public school students age 12 and older.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-09-10T17:14:58-10:00September 10, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: buses, Cedric Gates, distance learning, Hawaiian language immersion, Jeanne Kapela, Justin Woodson, kaiapuni, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, school buses, sites, testing|
The Hawaii State Department of Education’s plans for free COVID-19 testing at public schools statewide are eagerly awaited by students, staff, and parents, but at a legislative hearing this week, school officials did not answer key questions about when the program will be available at all schools.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-09-10T14:05:04-10:00September 10, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, bargain, concerns, DOE, grievances, HIDOE, impact bargaining, Jeanne Kapela, Keith Hayashi, mou, negotiate|
“When will the DOE sign an MOU (memorandum of understanding) with HSTA regarding safety protocols to ensure that there is accountability for violations that occur on school campuses?" a state lawmaker asked top state education officials Wednesday.
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 Inefuku2021-08-18T19:15:44-10:00August 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 Inefuku2021-08-15T16:00:51-10:00August 15, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, demand, gov. david ige, impact bargaining, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, letter, testimony|
The Board of Education will be meeting this Thursday, Aug. 19. On the agenda for the general business meeting is discussion item VI-A: Presentation on opening schools for the 2021-2022 school year.
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.”
kkerr@hsta.org2021-08-06T14:24:36-10:00August 6, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: BOE, distance learning, Donna Mercado Kim, hiring, Keith Hayashi, Kurt Fevella, learning, michelle kidani, options, Phyllis Unebasami, Senate, Senate COVID-19 committee, teachers, virtual|
State senators complained Thursday that the Hawaii State Department of Education did not have an adequate plan to scale up distance learning this school year and failed to adequately support teachers and principals during the coronavirus pandemic.
Terri Inefuku2021-08-02T20:51:31-10:00August 2, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: back-to-school safety, coronavirus, COVID-19, distance learning, gov. david ige, in-person learning, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, memorandum of understanding, transmission|
“With the Delta variant spreading COVID-19 in our communities like never before, this head-in-the-sand mentality jeopardizes all of us.”
