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In the November 2024 report to the Board of Education (BOE), Superintendent Keith Hayashi provided updates on student transportation and highlights of recent awards and recognitions for students, employees and schools.

Superintendent Hayashi reported that a total of 115 bus routes have been restored to date, with 23 suspended routes remaining. He also mentioned that the Department has engaged Governor Josh Green to extend the emergency proclamation that allows the Department to deploy alternate transportation options to restore routes, which is expiring at the end of this month.

For awards and recognitions, Superintendent Hayashi congratulated Royal Elementary School for being a model of safety and winning the 2024 ASSP Excellence in Safety Award in the government category. He also shared that Honouliuli Middle School has earned “verified” status by the Collaborative for High Performance Schools, and is the first whole campus to be recognized in Hawaiʻi. Additionally, King Kamehameha III Elementary School’s temporary site at Pulelehua won the title of Project of the Year in the education sector by the Construction Management Association of America. The leadership teams from Koko Head Elementary and Mililani ʻIke Elementary also recently accepted their 2024 National Blue Ribbon School award in Washington, D.C.

He closed out the report sharing that the Department has distributed $2.5 million to qualifying DonorsChoose projects by our public school teachers, with the support of philanthropists Lynne and Marc Benioff, Chair and CEO of Salesforce.

See Superintendent's presentation slides.