Terri Inefuku2022-01-11T16:14:45-10:00January 11, 2022|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, guidance, Hawaii State Department of Education, health and safety, isolation, Keith Hayashi, Omicron, quarantine, superintendent|
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.
Terri Inefuku2021-10-21T23:27:33-10:00October 21, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii Labor Relations Board, health and safety, informational picket, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, prohibited practice complaint, Safety Our Students Deserve, sign-waving, superintendent|
Dozens of educators and supporters gathered Wednesday to hold an informational picket in front of the Queen Liliuokalani building in downtown Honolulu, where the Hawaii State Department of Education and Board of Education offices are located.
Terri Inefuku2021-10-21T16:28:24-10:00October 16, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, Hawaii Board of Education, health and safety, informational picket, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, Safety Our Students Deserve, sign-waving, superintendent|
Join us for sign-waving on Wednesday, Oct. 20, as we send the message to the HIDOE and the BOE that we have a right to bargain for the safety of our schools.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-05-24T09:54:46-10:00May 24, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: bonuses, Bruce Voss, christina kishimoto, differentials, federal, pandemic, payments, relief, school year, shortage, shortage differentials, stimulus, superintendent, teachers|
Shortage differentials for classroom teachers in special education, hard-to-staff locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs will continue through school year 2021-2022, state Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto announced in a memo late Friday afternoon.
Terri Inefuku2021-05-17T16:55:12-10:00May 17, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: 2021-22, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, coronavirus, COVID-19, distance learning, DOE, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, in-person learning, masks, pandemic, principals, school year, social distancing, sports, superintendent, vaccine|
As more residents get vaccinated and restrictions ease on public gatherings and other precautions, the Hawaii State Department of Education says all Hawaii public schools will fully reopen for in-person learning next school year.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-03-19T12:26:42-10:00March 18, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: board, Board of Education, BOE, Bruce Voss, catherine payne, christina kishimoto, committee, Herbert Uemura, interim, Kaimana Bacarse, Margaret Cox, search, superintendent|
The Hawaii Board of Education Thursday voted to approve the creation of a special committee to set a search timeline and process to select a new superintendent for Hawaii public schools.
Terri Inefuku2021-03-09T15:23:31-10:00March 9, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, christina kishimoto, contract renewal, Hawaii Board of Education, superintendent, term|
After nearly four years at the helm of the Hawaii State Department of Education, Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto will not seek to renew her contract. Her term ends July 30.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-03-05T11:56:34-10:00March 5, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: concerns, coronavirus, COVID-19, Derek Minak, fourth quarter, Hawaii Board of Education, reopening schools, school year, superintendent, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vaccine|
A discussion by the Board of Education Thursday about bringing more public school students back to campuses in the fourth quarter showed while most people support the idea, there are numerous concerns about the readiness, the ability, and reality of increasing on-campus learning in the weeks ahead.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-03-03T18:34:29-10:00March 3, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, christina kishimoto, contract, educators, HGEA, HSTA, HSTA Board of Directors, oppose, opposition, superintendent, teachers, term, Unit 6|
An overwhelming number of people who submitted written testimony to the Hawaii Board of Education as of midday Wednesday asked the BOE not to renew the contract of Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto.
Terri Inefuku2021-03-03T16:07:32-10:00March 2, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, contract, Hawaii Board of Education, HSTA Board of Directors, renew, superintendent|
The HSTA Board of Directors voted unanimously to advocate that the Hawaii Board of Education not renew the employment contract of Dr. Christina Kishimoto for superintendent of the Department of Education. Her current contract expires July 31.
