Evan Kumasaki2020-10-23T22:49:00-10:00October 23, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: blended learning, CDC, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, Department of Health, distance learning, DOH, guidance, in-person, learn from home, metrics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|
According to Hawaii State Teachers Association analysis of the new metrics, the DOH standards are not well aligned with risk-level metrics issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:57:07-10:00October 10, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, DOH, Donovan Dela Cruz, health department, Kurt Fevella, metrics, Phyllis Unebesami, reopening, schools, standards. CDC|
After the Hawaii State Department of Health’s school reopening metrics came under intense criticism because, among other things, they were as much as 10 times less stringent than federal metrics, the state epidemiologist told state senators Friday that her department is “looking at coming up with a revised draft of the thresholds.”
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:58:29-10:00October 3, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: CDC, DOH, Health and Safety Handbook, metrics, Principal Handbook, rationale, reopening, Reopening Plan, standards|
The Hawaii State Board of Education Thursday took steps to strengthen school reopening standards, but did not require the state Department of Education to match federal metrics, which are much more stringent than the state Department of Health’s (DOH) standards.
