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Union demands action by Hawai’i Department of Education after alleged assault on Moanalua High School Assistant Athletic Director Natalie Iwamoto following a preseason basketball game earlier this month at the Honolulu school.

This repair comes about six weeks after the Hawai‘i State Teachers Association held a press conference discussing concerns over plumbing issues in the E Building on the elementary school campus.

More than 7,000 Hawaiʻi residents, including teachers, veterans, immigration and civil rights advocates, are expected to join the No Kings Mass protest on Saturday throughout the state.

The principal at Connections Public Charter School in Hilo said the teachers violated their own contract agreement. The teachers distributed flyers outlining their concerns before the start of a school day.

Erin Musso, Public Affairs Liaison for Homeland Security Investigations in Honolulu, said these operations on the Big Island are part of the agency’s initiative to locate unaccompanied children here in the U.S. illegally.

The renovations were designed to reduce interior environmental conditions conducive to mold growth in Holualoa’s damp and humid climate zone, situated at an elevation of approximately 1,400 feet above sea level.

The National Education Association, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s parent organization, held a Freedom to Learn rally to demand that politicians stop banning books and politicizing public education.

The public school teachers in Hawaiʻi voted 92% in favor of ratifying a new 4-year agreement, which will begin July 1, 2023, according to the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association.

Amber Jackson, who had a lettuce farm on the Big Island, was murdered in 2010 with her decomposing body found by hunting dogs in a ravine on Kaua’i.

A few days after the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association disclosed long-time rat, mold and structural problems at Hōlualoa Elementary School on the Big Island, state school officials began making concrete steps toward some short-term fixes.

“We know there are problems statewide. We’re having this [press conference] because Hōlualoa [Elementary School] is in crisis,” said Logan Okita, vice president of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association.

Hawai‘i public schools will reopen classroom doors on Aug. 4, but the HSTA says that’s not enough time to make schools safe for the return of its members or their students. 

Large spaces not traditionally used as classrooms, such as gyms and computer labs, will be utilized as additional learning spaces. Outdoor instruction may also occur depending on weather conditions. 

The Hawai‘i State Teachers Association’s Human and Civil Rights Committee is seeking nominations from the public for its 2020 Pono Award.

The DOE policy will allow for more classrooms to be air conditioned sooner and for a much lower cost than previous efforts.

The President of the HSTA Corey Rosenlee released the following statement on the proposed Constitutional Amendment (Con Am).

Frustrated by the lack of money available for Hawai‘i’s schools, some parents are joining teachers in a walk-in across the state before classes on Tuesday.

A coalition of parents, children’s and community groups spoke in favor of a constitutional amendment on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018.

Ninety-eight percent of the nearly 8,000 HSTA members who cast ballots across the state voted to ratify a new four-year contract.

The HSTA has reached a tentative agreement on a contract, that, according to HSTA President Corey Rosenlee, “will benefit Hawai‘i’s teachers and their students.”