| Kaua‘i High School breaks ground on new gymnasium | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/Kaua‘i-High-School-breaks-ground-on-new-gymnasium.aspx | Kaua‘i High School breaks ground on new gymnasium | The Hawai‘i State Department of Education held a groundbreaking ceremony at Kaua‘i High School on March 1 for it’s new gymnasium. The $21 million project began its initial conception in 2011, with the help of John Hara Associates, Inc., and is estimated to be completed by April 1, 2023. | | |
| HIDOE announces complex area superintendent appointments as longtime leaders retire | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/CAS-appointments-as-longtime-leaders-retire.aspx | HIDOE announces complex area superintendent appointments as longtime leaders retire | Paul Zina and Sione Thompson will be stepping into the complex area superintendent roles to guide schools on Kauai and the Leeward Oahu Coast as longtime leaders Bill Arakaki, Ann Mahi and Art Souza retire. | | |
| Kaua‘i educators team up to advance student voice | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/SuccessStories/TeachersAndPrincipals/Pages/ktf.aspx | Kaua‘i educators team up to advance student voice | A team of Garden Isle educators is gearing up to collect student voice on how the Hawai‘i DOE informs Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) across its schools. They belong to an innovative collaborative, the Kauai Teacher Fellowship, which aims to bring teacher and student voice into administrative decision-making across the island and, potentially, the state. The data gathering effort will launch March 1. | | |
| Satellite school to continue to serve North Kauai communities, modified bus schedule in effect | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/Hanalei-Colony-Bus.aspx | Satellite school to continue to serve North Kauai communities, modified bus schedule in effect | The Hawaii State Department of Education, Kauai District Office and their partners will continue to operate a satellite school at the Hanalei Colony Resort to support families in the communities of Wainiha and Haena who are still recovering from damaging floods in the spring. A modified bus service schedule for three schools is also in effect to accommodate ongoing infrastructure work in these communities. | | |
| Progress update on school bus driver shortages on Maui and Kauai; Lahainaluna High bus routes fully restored | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/Progress-bus-driver-Aug-31.aspx | Progress update on school bus driver shortages on Maui and Kauai; Lahainaluna High bus routes fully restored | Progress continues by school bus contractors to address the current shortage of Commercial Driver Licensed (CDL) drivers on Maui and Kauai qualified to operate school buses. Routes at Lahainaluna High are fully restored. | | |
| Progress update on school bus driver shortages on Maui and Kauai | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/Progress-bus-driver.aspx | Progress update on school bus driver shortages on Maui and Kauai | HIDOE reports that progress is being made by school bus contractors to address the current shortage of CDL drivers on Maui and Kauai qualified to operate school buses. | | |
| Kauai school bus routes modified for some Kapaa & Waimea Complex Area schools | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/Kauai-school-bus-routes.aspx | Kauai school bus routes modified for some Kapaa & Waimea Complex Area schools | Kapaa El., Kapaa Middle, Kapaa High, Eleele El., Waimea Canyon Middle and Waimea High school bus routes will be temporarily consolidated beginning on the first day of school beginning next Monday. Scheduled pick-up and arrival times will be modified from previous years. | | |
| School bus drivers needed for Maui & Kauai routes before fall semester begins on August 7 | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/School-bus-drivers-needed.aspx | School bus drivers needed for Maui & Kauai routes before fall semester begins on August 7 | HIDOE is seeking school bus drivers with valid Commercial Drivers Licenses to service routes on Maui and Kauai. For a limited time, school bus contractors are offering hiring bonuses and increased wages. | | |
| Kauai, Waimea lead charge in slashing literacy remediation | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/SuccessStories/Schools/Pages/literacy.aspx | Kauai, Waimea lead charge in slashing literacy remediation | With little fanfare and a strong commitment to boosting student literacy, Kauai and Waimea high schools are leading the state in reducing English remediation in college. The Garden Island schools have different approaches but a shared goal of "Literacy in all subjects." They'll share what they've learned and what's working for them at a state literacy conference in December. | | |
