Schools scrambling without direction from HIDOE as omicron cases surge

2022-01-11T16:14:45-10:00January 11, 2022|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Unfortunately, with omicron cases soaring, the HIDOE still appears woefully unprepared to manage staffing and COVID-19 response with entire classes moved to cafeterias, gyms, or auditoriums given teacher absences and substitute shortage.

Hawaii public schools experiencing staffing shortages due to omicron variant

2022-01-05T18:00:36-10:00January 5, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

With the recent surge in omicron-variant COVID-19 cases in the islands, Hawaii public schools saw 1,600 staff absences Wednesday, the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) revealed in a press conference.

HIDOE, DOH failed to plan for school reopening in a responsible way

2021-12-29T17:22:39-10:00December 29, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Hawaii State Department of Education and the Hawaii Department of Health had time to make better plans for situations such as this and failed to act in a responsible way.

At HSTA’s request, HIDOE shares COVID-19 response update with Omicron data ‘yet to come’

2021-12-16T18:12:55-10:00December 16, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The Hawaii Board of Education placed the update on its Dec. 16 general meeting agenda at the request of the Hawaii State Teachers Association. HSTA firmly believes regular updates to the board and the public help to improve concerns about transparency and accountability.

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