Jill Meinecke2024-11-07T14:44:19-10:00November 7, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, Bargaining Unit 05, BU 05, Chapter 89, collective bargaining, compression, Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, Jr., Osa Tui|
The Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board (HLRB) last week ruled in favor of three teachers who brought a case related to the Fall 2022 repricing of Bargaining Unit 05 (BU 05) employees carried out by the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE).
Jill Meinecke2024-07-10T11:21:22-10:00July 10, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: differentials, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian language immersion, HIDOE, Jr., Osa Tui, shortage differentials, special education|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) confirmed that shortage differentials for classroom teachers in special education, hard-to-staff locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs will continue through SY 2024–25.
Jill Meinecke2024-05-17T10:09:55-10:00May 14, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: collective bargaining, contract ratification, Gov. Josh Green, HSTA Convention, HSTA Maui Chapter, Joan Husted, Jr., maui wildfires, Osa Tui, union advocacy|
Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association President Osa Tui, Jr. honored the union’s foundations while advocating for a unified future at HSTA’s 51st annual state convention on April 13.
Jill Meinecke2024-04-11T12:34:42-10:00April 11, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Curt Otaguro, fire alarm systems, fire drills, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii Department of Education, HIDOE, Jr., Osa Tui|
A review by the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education found that the number of public schools without working fire alarm systems more than doubled from 11 the department reported in January to 22 this month.
Jill Meinecke2024-02-16T15:15:36-10:00February 16, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: HSTA members, Institute Day 2024, Jr., Osa Tui, Teacher Institute Day, Teacher Institute Week|
In his Institute Day address, HSTA President Osa Tui, Jr. reflected on the year’s major highs and lows, and what’s ahead for Hawaiʻi educators and our union.
Terri Inefuku2024-01-11T14:08:04-10:00January 11, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, Curt Otaguro, Department of Education, fire alarm systems, fire alarms, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, inspections, Jr., Osa Tui, repairs, replacement, Warren Haruki|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) says it’s working to replace inoperable fire alarm systems at 11 schools at a cost of about $14 million after confirming in December that nearly 10% of the state’s public schools failed fire inspections last school year.
Jill Meinecke2023-12-21T17:01:20-10:00December 21, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: federal funding, FEMA, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaiian immersion, Jr., Keith Hayashi, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina, Maui, maui wildfires, Osa Tui, Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers|
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.
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 Meinecke2023-12-07T13:01:40-10:00December 7, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Curt Otaguro, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, Jr., Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, Warren Haruki|
Hawaiʻi State Department of Education Deputy Superintendent of Operations Curt Otaguro said Thursday it’s “unacceptable” that 10% of the state’s public schools failed fire inspections last school year and 24 schools need repairs to their fire alarms systems.
Jill Meinecke2023-11-06T12:06:48-10:00November 6, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Ashley Olson, Dr. Jill Biden, first lady Jill Biden, HSTA Board of Directors, HSTA Maui Chapter, Jr., Lahaina wildfires, Mike Landes, Osa Tui, President Joe Biden|
For the second time since wildfires struck Maui in early August, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden spent part of her Saturday on a Zoom call with the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Board of Directors to offer her love and support to educators dealing with the disaster’s aftermath.
