Director rubke . Present. Mr. Chairman, directors you do have a quorum. Thank you. Working with all of these microphones to try to get them on. Item 3 announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Please be advises that these sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited at the meeting and any person responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the room. Please be advised that cell phones that are set on the vibrate position do cause microphone interference, so the board respectfully requests that they be placed in the off position. I. 4, moved. Second. All in favor say aye . Aye. So ordered. Thank you. Item 4 communications. Mr. Chairman i know of none. Okay. Item 6, introduction of new and Unfinished Business by board members. Six months ago we went through some tough labor negotiations and came up with a good contract that would give us flexibility in our work rules and what we have going on out. There what i would like to get is a status upda
Please be advised that cell phones that are set on the vibrate position do cause microphone interference, so the board respectfully requests that they be placed in the off position. I. 4, moved. Second. All in favor say aye . Aye. So ordered. Thank you. Item 4 communications. Mr. Chairman i know of none. Okay. Item 6, introduction of new and Unfinished Business by board members. Six months ago we went through some tough labor negotiations and came up with a good contract that would give us flexibility in our work rules and what we have going on out. There what i would like to get is a status update on the labor costsavings that we were supposed to have and did we implement a lot of practices that we said were going to be more effective for us and having us operate more eventually and if we put those practices into effect. And if we havent, why arent we . And have we made the labor costsavings that we have anticipated . Welcome, mr. Yee and thank you for being here today. Appreciate it.
Jackie Freitas, a natural resources teacher at Leilehua High School in Wahiawa, Oʻahu, received the state’s top teaching award from Gov. Josh Green and Superintendent Keith Hayashi during an awards ceremony on Oct. 3.
Freitas, 36, was selected from a field of 16 finalists representing the best of the state’s 13,000-plus public school teachers, and will represent Hawaii in the National Teacher of the Year Program in the spring.