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.
Jill Meinecke2023-10-23T15:13:44-10:00October 23, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, associate justice, Gov. Josh Green, Hawaii State Senate, Hawaii State Supreme Court, Jr., Judicial Selection Committee, Keani Alapa, lawyer, litigator, Osa Tui, Vladimir Devens|
Gov. Josh Green Monday nominated respected attorney Vladimir P. Devens, who for seven years has served the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association as its labor lawyer, to an associate justice position at the Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court.
Jill Meinecke2024-07-04T13:25:21-10:00September 6, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: donations, fire relief checks, HSTA, Jr., Lahaina, maui wildfires, NEA, Osa Tui, teachers|
More than 240 people and organizations from 33 states across the country have donated in excess of $205,000 to the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association to help Maui teachers who’ve lost homes and classrooms to the Aug. 8 wildfires.
Jill Meinecke2023-09-01T06:25:55-10:00August 31, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii Department of Education, HIDOE, Jr., Kahului, Keith Hayashi, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina, Lahaina Intermediate, Lāhaināluna Complex, Lahainaluna High School, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, maui wildfires, Mike Landes, Osa Tui|
Frustrated Maui families told Hawaiʻi State Department of Education leaders in public meetings Wednesday that they’re frustrated by a lack of communication from the department, and they’re overwhelmingly opposed to busing their students to Central or South Maui daily to other campuses following fatal wildfires earlier this month.
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 Meinecke2023-08-26T11:52:29-10:00August 26, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Ashley Olson, Board meeting, Dr. Jill Biden, first lady, HSTA Board of Directors, Jr., Lahainaluna High School, maui wildfires, Mike Landes, Osa Tui|
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden told the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Board of Directors Saturday morning, “We are a family as colleagues. We hold on to one another,” during an emotional seven-minute Zoom call from Air Force One.
Jill Meinecke2023-08-23T10:53:09-10:00August 23, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, first lady Jill Biden, HIDOE, Jr., Keith Hayashi, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina, Lāhainā Intermediate School, Lahainaluna High, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, Mike Landes, Osa Tui, President Biden, testimony|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education must do a better job of communicating with parents and educators, providing crisis counseling, establishing safe campuses, and keeping displaced Lahaina students and staff together, said HSTA President Osa Tui, Jr.
Jill Meinecke2023-08-04T12:20:42-10:00August 4, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: 2023-2027 collective bargaining agreement, Corey Rosenlee, Hawaii Teacher Standards Board, HIDOE, HSTA contract, Jr., Laverne Moore, Osa Tui, Teacher recruitment, teacher shortage, teacher shortage crisis, University of Hawaii|
The Hawai‘i State Department of Education reports a significant decrease in the number of teacher vacancies this school year – roughly 340 – compared to more than 1,000 vacancies at the start of last school year. The drop is a direct result of pay hikes and other important improvements HSTA advocated for, said HSTA President Osa Tui, Jr.
Jill Meinecke2023-07-05T09:49:14-10:00July 5, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Anne Frank, book bans, Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Florida, Freedom to Learn rally, Hawaii educators, Jr., LGBTQ, NEA, NEA Representative Assembly, Orlando, Osa Tui, Sarah Tochiki, say gay|
Nearly 90 Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members joined more than 3,000 educators in Orlando, Florida, to rally for honesty in education Wednesday morning.
