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.
Terri Inefuku2021-03-02T10:12:46-10:00February 26, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, COVID-19, school reopening, superintendent|
At its general business meeting on Thursday, March 4, the Hawaii Board of Education will hear and discuss a presentation from the HIDOE on “strategies for safe reopening of elementary and secondary schools to more in-person learning for fourth quarter.”
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-12T04:14:09-10:00February 1, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: budget cuts, christina kishimoto, delay, governor, HIDOE, HSTA, superintendent, TATP, Teacher Assignment and Transfer Program|
A delay in the TATP schedule and deadlines would allow additional time for the department to consider restored reductions to the weighted student formula (WSF) and special education per pupil allocation (SPPA) and reduce the need for schools to cut teacher and other staff positions for the next school year.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-07T17:59:15-10:00December 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: aid, bargaining rights, Bruce Voss, catherine payne, christina kishimoto, congress, Corey Rosenlee, cuts, David Ige, days, furlough, furloughs, Herbert Uemura, Kili Namauu, pay cuts, rescind, school days, superintendent|
Members of the Hawaii State Board of Education Thursday said they oppose school employee furloughs, and several went so far as to ask the governor to rescind the furloughs since members of Congress are finalizing a pandemic aid package that contains more than $54 billion for public schools.
Evan Kumasaki2020-12-12T12:03:00-10:00December 12, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: bargaining rights, charter schools, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, days, furlough, furloughs, Negotiations, pay cuts, school days, superintendent|
Hawaii State Department of Education employees will have to take six to 10 days of unpaid leave next semester, state Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said Thursday as part of the governor’s plan to impose statewide furloughs.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:53:09-10:00September 12, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, death, dole middle school, senate committee, superintendent|
Dole Middle School’s principal notified employees about the death via email shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday. The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) has refused to approve telework for any Dole teachers, despite the fact that many of them have no students in their classes.
Evan Kumasaki2020-08-21T16:46:00-10:00August 21, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, distance learning, memorandum of understanding, mou, superintendent, telework|
Parents, teachers, and even a public school student pleaded with the Hawaii State Board of Education Thursday to continue distance learning at public schools through at least the end of the first quarter, a decision state Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said she’s leaving to the 15 complex area superintendents across the state.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:47:20-10:00August 20, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: cases, christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, disclose, Donna Kim, Donovan Dela Cruz, Kurt Fevella, michelle kidani, PPE, questions, reopening, Ryker Wada, schools, Senate, senators, state auditor, superintendent, telework|
During a Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 briefing Wednesday, state senators pressed Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto about why more teachers aren’t allowed to telework when students are learning from home, and why educators are spending their own money for protective gear.
