#Board of Education

AARP Hawaiʻi welcomes Maui resident Grant Chun, a retired attorney and housing executive, as its new state president. The state president, a volunteer position, works closely with the state director, staff and volunteers to lead AARP’s work in Hawaiʻi. 

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education announced that it has initiated a discussion on its approach to review public school campuses for potential consolidation in light of a steady decrease in overall enrollment over the past decade.

Gov. Josh Green, M.D., has named several community and business leaders to a number of important state boards and commissions. Among them are Maui residents Bruce Uʻu to the Land Use Commission, Carol Reimann to the Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Wesley Lo to the Board of Education, Elaine Yamashita to the Early Learning Board and Nathaniel Oswald to the Board of Agriculture.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education is proud to announce and celebrate two high schools — Mililani and Maui High — that have been recognized as the first-ever Hawaiʻi Schools of Democracy.  Maui High School will be recognized for their achievement at a school ceremony on Monday. 

The Hawai‘i State Department of Education will launch and expand initiatives over the next six years to advance public education and student and staff success under an implementation plan approved Thursday by the State of Hawai‘i Board of Education.

The new application deadline for the position of state superintendent is April 12, 2022 at 5 p.m. HST.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education shared its 2020-21 Strive HI Performance System results at Thursday’s Board of Education General Business Meeting. The data reflect downward trends in academic performance seen across the nation due to impacts from the pandemic.

The Hawai’i State Department of Education released the results for the 2019-2020 Strive HI Performance System with some metrics unreported due to the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the country, states sought and received waivers from federally required standardized testing as well as associated accountability, school identification and reporting requirements for the 2019-2020 school year.

The Board of Education (BOE) unanimously voted today to approve the Hawaii State Department of Education’s (HIDOE) request to modify high school graduation and commencement requirements under Board Policy 102-15 for the graduating class of 2020.

Governor David Ige plans to announce support for the Hawai‘i State Department of Education’s proposal to tackle the teacher shortage through pay increases.

Concerns were resolved after former Board member Galera made a public statement yesterday withdrawing his intent to apply for the Superintendent position.

This proposed action is being initiated in anticipation of the ending of the contract term of current Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi.

King is perhaps best known for her role as Vice President of Pacific Biodiesel, a locally owned renewable fuel company that pioneered the biodiesel industry with its first processing plant built on Maui in 1996.

Governor Neil Abercrombie this morning made his first appointment to the Board of Education (BOE) announcing that Don Horner will fill the vacant O‘ahu-at-Large seat.

This will be the governors first BOE appointment since voters approved of an amendment in November, giving him the authority to appoint members.

Barry Wurst, 2010 candidate for the Board of Education-Maui Residency seat, Transcript: Introduction: Aloha, I’m Barry Wurst.  I am a teacher, and I’m running for the Board of Education, District 2.  While we do have many great things happening in our school system, we also have problems that need to be addressed.  I believe our main problem […]

Leona Rocha-Wilson, 2010 candidate for the Board of Education-Maui Residency seat, Transcript: Introduction: I’m Leona Rocha-Wilson.  I was born in H-Poko, went to Maui High and Baldwin High.  After graduating from Baldwin High, I joined the service.  My mother felt that she wanted me to do something other than work in the fields, so we sat down […]

Ray Hart, 2010 candidate for the Board of Education-Maui Residency seat, Transcript: Introduction:  Please introduce yourself, give your name, the race you are running for and briefly name the key issues you plan to address in your campaign. Answer:  Hi, my name is Ray Hart.  I’m running for the Board of Education.  The major issues that […]

Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai`i (ACLU) today expressed disappointment in Governor Linda Lingle’s decision today to veto House Bill 444 that would have given same sex couples similar legal responsibilities as legally married heterosexual couples.  The two groups readied a lawsuit after the House tabled the Civil Unions bill in […]

Op-ed Submitted by: Linda Smith Senior Advisor to Governor April 27, 2010 The opportunity to eliminate Furlough Fridays in the next school year has been made possible through the Legislature’s willingness to make available $67 million from the Hurricane Relief Fund for this purpose.  These funds however do not address the elimination of the three […]