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Punahou Settles Lawsuits Alleging Sex Abuse By Former Coach Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Punahou Settles Lawsuits Alleging Sex Abuse By Former Coach

The suits were filed in April 2020 and accused the private school of turning “a blind eye” to the alleged actions of former girls basketball coach Dwayne Yuen.

Hawaii Has A Shortage Of School Bus Drivers, Leaving Some Students Stranded Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Has A Shortage Of School Bus Drivers, Leaving Some Students Stranded

The shortage follows a warning by a DOE official shortly before the school year began that there was an “alarming influx in driver resignations.”

Hawaii Turns To Mainland Teachers To End Distance Learning Backlog Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaii Turns To Mainland Teachers To End Distance Learning Backlog

The state DOE reported 383 new Covid-19 cases among students and staff last week but cited no evidence of school-based transmission.

Statewide Distance Learning Delays Leave Many Children In Limbo Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Statewide Distance Learning Delays Leave Many Children In Limbo

Many parents who refuse to send their children back to the classroom are still waiting to secure a spot, two weeks into the new school year.

Facing New Covid Cases, Waianae School Returns to Distance Learning Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Facing New Covid Cases, Waianae School Returns to Distance Learning

Kamaile Academy’s principal informed parents of the move in a letter sent Monday.

Hawaii DOE Announces Start Date For Weekly COVID-19 Testing Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaii DOE Announces Start Date For Weekly COVID-19 Testing

The new requirement applies to all unvaccinated school personnel, including salaried employees, substitutes and volunteers.

These Central Oahu Schools Have Joined Forces To Offer Distance Learning Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

These Central Oahu Schools Have Joined Forces To Offer Distance Learning

The virtual program called Pineapple Academy includes students from the Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua complex area.

Westside Students Learn About Waianae Coast 鈥斅燗nd Themselves Ku驶u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2021

Westside Students Learn About Waianae Coast 鈥斅燗nd Themselves

Pua Kaiaulu, a new internship program, is helping high schoolers prepare for their next steps in life.

Eric Stinton: Of Course Student-Athletes Should Have To Be Vaccinated Courtesy: McKinley High School

Eric Stinton: Of Course Student-Athletes Should Have To Be Vaccinated

No one has the right to magnify other people鈥檚 risk of getting sick. This is intuitive, but it鈥檚 also constitutional.

Here’s How Hawaii Schools Plan To Spend $412 Million In New Aid Cory Lum/Civil /2021

Here’s How Hawaii Schools Plan To Spend $412 Million In New Aid

Education officials also want to fund and implement a three-year study to track middle schoolers to see if these strategies stick.