Jill Meinecke2025-05-02T13:28:13-10:00May 2, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Becky Pringle, CLEAR, federal cuts, Hawaii State Capitol, Hilo Chapter, International Workers Day, Kauai Chapter, Logan Okita, Maui chapter, May 1, May day, Mazie Hirono, Molokai Chapter, NEA, Trump adminstration, unions, Washington D.C.|
More than 100 teachers across Hawaiʻi took part in protests and marches Thursday on International Workers’ Day, in solidarity with federal workers who are losing their collective bargaining and union rights.
Jill Meinecke2025-04-30T15:02:32-10:00April 23, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: federal workers, Hawaii State Capitol, Hawaii unions, International Workers Day, Maui chapter, Oahu, workers day|
Members of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association will join members of at least 20 other Hawaiʻi unions Thursday, May 1 for a silent solidarity march to support federal employees on International Workers Day.
Jill Meinecke2024-05-07T10:22:50-10:00May 7, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: fire relief leave bank, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii State Department of Education, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, personal leave, shared leave, sick leave|
The HSTA Maui Chapter is organizing a petition asking HSTA members to say they are willing to support their colleagues who have been affected by the fires and would be willing to donate to a shared Fire Relief Leave Bank.
Jill Meinecke2023-12-14T15:11:23-10:00December 14, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Aloha United Way, donations, HSTA-Retired, Jr., Maui, Maui chapter, Maui wildfire relief, maui wildfires, National Education Association, Osa Tui, Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association will provide a second and final relief check of $2,665 in the next week to 92 members and HSTA-Retired members who cannot live in their primary residences on Maui because of damage or destruction by the Aug. 8 wildfires.
Jill Meinecke2023-11-13T15:06:08-10:00November 13, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: donations, HSTA Maui Chapter, Lahaina wildfires, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, relief checks|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association will provide a second and final relief check to any member and any HSTA-Retired member who cannot live in their primary residence on Maui because of damage or destruction by the Maui wildfires.
Jill Meinecke2023-09-26T13:49:33-10:00September 26, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Gov. Josh Green, Hawaii Department of Health, HIDOE, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina, Lahaina Intermediate, Lahainaluna High, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, Osa Tui Jr, Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary, superintendent Keith Hayashi|
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.
Jill Meinecke2023-09-08T15:46:31-10:00September 8, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: coin drive, donation, Florida, fundraiser, IB School, International Baccalaureate, Lahaina, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, Roland Park Magnet School, Tampa, York Innovation Academy|
From making beds to vacuuming cars, students from two Florida public schools raised $13,500 in just six days to benefit Maui teachers who lost their homes and classrooms to deadly wildfires in August.
Jill Meinecke2023-09-01T06:22:11-10:00August 31, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii Department of Education, HIDOE, Jr., Lāhaināluna Complex, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, mental health, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Osa Tui|
To support a grieving community faced with rebuilding after the Lāhainā wildfire disaster on Aug. 8, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education is consulting with a national mental health support group to provide training, counseling, and support to educators, students, and their families.
Jill Meinecke2023-08-25T14:26:43-10:00August 25, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Ashley Olson, Evelyn Ibonia, Kihei Elementary, Lahaina, Lahainaluna High School, Lisa Morrison, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, Mike Landes|
In the wake of deadly wildfires that destroyed Lahaina town and shook a community to its core, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s staff and members are working together through a series of coordinated efforts to help teachers who’ve lost everything.
Jill Meinecke2023-08-23T16:07:44-10:00August 23, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Ashley Olson, Dr. Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Jackie Ellis, Lahaina, Lahaina Civic Center, Lahainaluna High, Maui chapter, Maui educators, maui wildfires, President Joe Biden, the White House|
The White House invited at least 15 public school teachers to Monday’s Lahaina Civic Center gathering to meet and speak with President Biden and the first lady in the aftermath of Maui's wildfires.
