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The furlough days range between six and 10 days between Jan. 1 and June 30, Superintendent Christina Kishimoto told staff in an internal video message.

Superintendent Christina Kishimoto stressed that the first-quarter grades should be seen as progress reports and not year-end evaluations.

While Generation Z has shown extreme resilience, teenagers are still struggling from the unique challenges of 2020.

The state of Hawaii has a legal and moral obligation to provide an educational system that promotes Hawaiian language, culture and history.

The federal lawsuit, filed earlier this week, comes several months after a former education assistant at a Big Island high school was sentenced for third-degree sexual assault.

Starting blended learning a few weeks after winter break — rather than at the start of the third quarter — would help ease the transition back into the classroom.

Many board members expressed consternation at proposed cuts that will largely be absorbed by schools in order to plug a minimum $165 million pandemic-related shortfall.

Hawaii State Teachers Association warns that proposed cuts could mean a loss of 1,000 teacher positions.

Latest figures show Hawaii’s public schools lost 1,023 more students in the first quarter as overall enrollment plunged nearly 3% compared with last year.

Should parents be forced to send their children back to school even when they feel it is unsafe? At least one Hawaii public school is saying yes.