Jill Meinecke2023-10-04T14:06:24-10:00October 4, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: collective bargaining, education, Hawaii DOE, HSTA, HSTA contract, HSTA Convention, HSTA executive director, HSTA staff, Joan Husted, Joan Kamila Lewis, June Motokawa, Osa Tui Jr, Roger Takabayashi, teacher, Wilbert Holck|
Joan Lee Husted, one of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s founding mothers, died Monday. She was 85 years old and passed away peacefully at her Makiki home under hospice care, her family said.
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 Meinecke2023-09-01T15:48:17-10:00September 1, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: EAs, Educational assistants, educator shortage, Gov. Josh Green, HGEA, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui Jr, teacher shortage, UPW, Vice principals, VPs|
Salaries for nearly 3,000 educational assistants and vice principals in Hawai‘i public schools would increase under a tentative agreement announced Thursday that will help combat chronic staff shortages.
Jill Meinecke2022-12-10T13:29:43-10:00December 6, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: appeal, behavioral health, Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund, EUTF, HMSA, Kaiser Permanente, mental health, National Union of Healthcare Workers, NUHW, Osa Tui Jr, switch|
Educators and other members of the State of Hawaii’s Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF) will be able to switch their health coverage enrollment from Kaiser to the Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) due to the Kaiser Permanente mental health care employees’ strike, which is now in its fourth month.
Jill Meinecke2022-11-09T12:08:38-10:00November 9, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 2nd Congressional District, Brian Schatz, D.C., ed case, Hawaii general election, HSTA recommended candidates, Logan Okita, Lt. Gov. Josh Green, Osa Tui Jr, Rep. Sylvia Luke, Sen. Jill Tokuda, Washington|
Lt. Gov. Josh Green was elected the ninth governor of Hawaiʻi Tuesday, beating his Republican opponent and former lieutenant governor Duke Aiona by almost a 2-1 margin.
Jill Meinecke2022-10-18T11:03:56-10:00October 18, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 2023 Teacher of the Year, Dr. Michael Ida, Farrington-Kaiser-Kalani Complex, HIDOE, Honolulu District, HSTA, Kalani High, National Board Certified Teachers, O'ahu Mathematics League, Osa Tui Jr|
Dr. Michael Ida, a math and computer science teacher at Kalani High, received the state's top teaching award from Gov. David Ige and Schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi during a ceremony at Washington Place Monday afternoon.
Jill Meinecke2022-08-30T10:06:24-10:00August 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Aliamanu Middle, debt, Osa Tui Jr, President Joe Biden, PSLF waiver, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, Student loan forgiveness, U.S. Department of Education|
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday his plan to cancel student debt for millions of Americans, and some Hawaii teachers stand to benefit greatly.
Jill Meinecke2022-08-23T14:29:17-10:00August 22, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Ann Mahi, Hawaii Convention Center, HSTA, Lisa Morrison, NEA, Noel Candelaria, Osa Tui Jr, school level leaders, Start of Year Conference|
Nearly 200 Hawaii State Teachers Association volunteer school-level leaders from around the state gathered this past weekend at the Hawaii Convention Center for the 2022 HSTA Start of Year Conference.
Jill Meinecke2022-08-15T19:28:32-10:00August 15, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Democratic nominees, Election Day, governor race, grassroots, Hawaii Primary Election, Jill Tokuda, Josh Green, lieutenant governor race, Osa Tui Jr, Scott Saiki, Sylvia Luke|
Hawaii’s Democratic nominees for governor and lieutenant governor were among the political candidates recommended by the Hawaii State Teachers Association who thanked educators for their grassroots support following victories in Saturday’s Primary Election.
Jill Meinecke2022-04-08T17:00:11-10:00April 8, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 49th annual convention, convention, delegate, friend of youth award, Hawaii Convention Center, HSTA Convention, HSTA President, Kim Anderson, NEA Executive Director, Nikki-Ann Yee, Osa Tui Jr, STACY Award, Sylvia Luke, union business, union policies, voting, Zachary Morita|
On Saturday, 126 Hawaii State Teachers Association members from across the state gathered at the Hawaii Convention Center for the 49th annual State Convention. Elected member delegates gathered to debate and vote on policies that will steer the direction of the association.
