The Hawai‘i Elementary and Middle School Administrators Association (HEMSAA) named Jennifer Pimentel, vice principal at Lāna‘i High & Elementary, as Hawai‘iʻs 2024 National Outstanding Assistant Principal. In the Distinguished Principali category, Molokaʻi’s Daniel Espaniola, principal of Kaunakakai Elementary was a finalist as the Maui District honoree.
A former Oahu public school teacher serving nearly 17-1/2 months in federal prison for producing child pornography entered a plea of guilty to state charges that he sexually assaulted a student.
A former Oahu public school teacher awaiting trial on state allegations that he sexually assaulted a student was sentenced Tuesday to 210 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing child pornography in the same case.
Alden Bunag will face 15 to 30 years in federal prison and up to a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced Jan. 16 before Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway.
When parent complaints and questions began pouring into state Rep. Trish La Chica’s office about the state suspending bus routes at 14 Hawaii public schools two weeks before school started, she says she felt frustrated that she had few immediate answers or solutions to offer.