Facing growing frustration over pandemic response, superintendent to step down in July State Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto stands in a reconfigured classroom at Kapolei Middle School. (Source: Image: Hawaii News Now) By Lynn Kawano | March 9, 2021 at 2:17 PM HST - Updated March 9 at 5:31 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Embattled Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto told the Board of Education she will not seek to renew her contract when it expires in July.
Speculation swirled over whether she’d be offered a new contract amid harsh criticism from the Hawaii State Teachers Association over her leadership during the pandemic.
“What I am seeing is an unnecessary distraction to what we need to be focused on,” she said. “It’s really in the interest of not having my contract be a distraction to keeping our eyes on the work that has to happen for students that’s leading to this decision.”
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A year into pandemic, unions for teachers, principals want DOE superintendent gone
HSTA asks Board of Education to not renew DOE superintendent s contract By Lynn Kawano | March 2, 2021 at 5:16 PM HST - Updated March 3 at 11:57 AM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Criticism of Hawaii’s schools superintendent is coming from multiple directions ahead of her contract expiring.
Corey Rosenlee, president of the Hawaii State Teachers Association, said the union’s board of directors voted unanimously to ask that Kishimoto’s contract not be renewed by the Board of Education.
“There’s been a lot of frustration,” Rosenlee said during a news conference Tuesday.
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DOE sets target date to bring elementary students back for full in-person learning
The DOE sets a target date to get elementary students back to in-person learning By Jolanie Martinez | March 1, 2021 at 10:27 PM HST - Updated March 2 at 2:22 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - After a year of pandemic distancing and nearly 180 lost in-person school days, tens of thousands of public school students could return to daily in-person classes soon.
The state Department of Education’s target date is March 22 just after spring break.
Their goal is to have elementary students back in classes daily and more middle and high school students attending in-person learning.