Hawaiʻi delegation thanks NEA members for support following deadly wildfires
Mahalo to all of our NEA ʻohana for your unprecedented outpouring of support and generosity for our members and retirees in the days, weeks, and months following the fires.
Maui teachers call on Board of Education for more support 9 months after Lahaina wildfire
The Hawaiʻi Board of Education promised action Thursday after more than a dozen Maui teachers flew to Oʻahu to ask for more support following devastating wildfires last August.
Blessing marks opening of new Maui campus with classes to begin April 1
Teachers, staff and students at Maui’s King Kamehameha III Elementary School now have a new campus to call home.
HIDOE plans to open temporary Maui school after spring break
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to complete construction on a temporary site for King Kamehameha III Elementary at Pulelehua on Maui at the end of February.
HSTA, Kamehameha Schools distribute 1,000+ backpacks to Lahaina students
Hundreds of Lahaina families picked up free backpacks filled with school supplies Thursday as their keiki prepare to return to West Maui campuses next week.
Lahaina community calls for stronger evacuation plans, mental health services post-wildfires
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.
Three Lahaina schools to reopen to students starting Oct. 16
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) Tuesday announced reopening details for three Lahaina public schools, and said the federal government will build a new temporary school site after deadly wildfires in August shuttered the schools for nearly two months.
Maui parents to HIDOE: Communicate better, keep our kids in Lāhainā
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.
HSTA calls for keeping Lahaina students together, crisis counseling, better communications from HIDOE
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education must do a better job of communicating with parents and educators, providing crisis counseling, establishing safe campuses, and keeping displaced Lahaina students and staff together, said HSTA President Osa Tui, Jr.
Maui teacher saves former student from wildfires
When Lāhaināluna High science teacher Jackie Ellis was fleeing deadly Lāhainā wildfires last week, she never imagined a chance encounter at a stoplight would mean saving her former student’s life.