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With graduation just around the corner, most high schools on Maui are planning in-person ceremonies, while Lanai and Molokai high schools are still mulling plans, according to the state Department of Education.
The DOE announced graduation dates for schools across Hawaii on Monday, with alternate ceremonies and guest limits continuing for a second year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dates, locations and formats for Maui County schools are as follows:
• King Kekaulike High, May 20, school stadium, in person with limited guests and vehicles, 220 participating seniors.
• Baldwin High, May 21, War Memorial Stadium, in person with virtual ceremony, 290 participating seniors.
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Baldwin High Student Services Coordinator Janina Amaral goes over a health check with senior Lala Nardi before classes Thursday, while clerk Carole Satoshige takes Jerren Manarpaacâs temperature. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos
WAILUKU Baldwin High School Principal Keoni Wilhelm was “flying high” Thursday as he welcomed more of the school’s senior class back to campus, including some who have not attended since last year.
“I’m flying high, especially with our seniors,” Wilhelm said shortly after the school day began Thursday. “Although the atmosphere is calm because there’s not as many students on our campus, there is this excitement that I’m feeling and I can definitely feel the excitement being reciprocated back to me even though we can’t hug, we can’t do those things we normally do, I feel the connection is going both ways between myself and the students.”
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A DOE Bid To End Teacher Salary Incentives Is Getting Pushback - Honolulu Civil Beat
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Hawaii’s school superintendent is facing a rebuke from the head of the Board of Education after she informed complex area leaders and principals last week that salary boosts intended to retain teachers in hard-to-fill positions would end next year because of the tough economic situation.
Catherine Payne, chairwoman of the state Board of Education, challenged Superintendent Christina Kishimoto’s authority to “unilaterally discontinue” these pay differentials in a memo posted online ahead of the board meeting scheduled for Thursday.