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Details are revealed in a memorandum from schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto to board Chair- woman Catherine Payne that is posted online with the notice for the meeting. education is a critical shortage area in Hawaii and a lack of quali- fied and licensed special education teachers has a di- rect educational impact on students with special Kishimoto wrote in the memo. In the 2018-19 school year, just of special-educa- tion positions and of Hawaiian immersion posi- tions were filled by qualified and licensed teachers. In a news release, staff said he had been work- ing with the board and the department implement bold retention and recruit- ment and called the proposal in that effort. The plan would provide extra compensation to the three categories of teachers in the same way that age are paid for certain civil service posi- tions with recognized labor shortages.

Payne said teacher recruitment and retention is a priority for the board, and she will be at the news conference to show her support. are very interested in moving forward, in working with the governor and the whole community in ad- dressing she told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, speaking in her personal ca- pacity. in support of strong efforts to address this very serious problem in our Currently, 11 civil service positions in the Department of Education qualify for such in- cluding clinical and school psychologists; physical and occupational therapists; en- gineers; and public works managers. department needs the flexibility like the civil service counterparts to take similar actions to at- tract qualified and licensed teachers into special educa- tion positions to ensure that our special needs stu- dents are given the educa- tion resources and opportunities that are re- quired under the Kishimoto wrote. The Board of Education has authority to authorize extra compensation for teachers.

The proposal, if ap- proved, would take effect Jan. 7. As of now, 1,691 spe- cial-education teachers, 2,109 teachers in hard-to- staff locations and 107 Ha- waiian immersion teachers would qualify for the differ- ential. Money for the pay in- creases, estimated at $30.4 million for the 2021 fiscal year, would be sought from the Legislature in the coming session. That cost breaks down as $16.9 mil- lion for special education, $12.68 million for positions and $856,000 for the Hawaiian immersion teachers.

not yet clear where the funds would come from for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. The de- partment pegs costs for the second half of this fiscal year at nearly $8.5 million for all three groups. The department already offers a $3,000 annual pay differential for qualified, li- censed teachers in hard-to- staff locations, an amount negotiated in 2007 with the Hawaii State Teachers Asso- ciation. The new proposal would offer differentials ranging from $3,000 to $8,000 for such locations, depending upon the severity of the la- bor shortage in the area. An $8,000 differential also would be paid to teachers at the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind and at Olo- mana School, which edu- cates at-risk, detained and incarcerated youth.

memo says the Hawaii State Teachers Association has been con- sulted and that the union be- lieves the teacher shortage spans the whole profession and is not limited to specific areas or teaching lines. But, it said, does not ob- ject to the proposal to rec- ognize certain critical positions if there is a com- mitment to examine whether all qualified and li- censed teachers should be provided with additional compensation to improve recruitment and The of- fice and HSTA President Corey Rosenlee declined to elaborate further before to- news conference. The board is scheduled to discuss and vote on the proposal at a special meet- ing that starts at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Queen Liliuokalani Building, 1390 Miller St. of Surfing now, and host a Hawaiian ceremony at the opening and closing of Pipeline Masters later this month.

But got to cre- ate some momentum be- yond said formed a surfing advisory committee and has been working for a couple of years to ensure that position as the birthplace of surfing obscured by competitors. Wakai is pinning hope on publicity surrounding the surfing exhibit, which Ha- waii Tourism Authority and its global marketing teams will promote. Wakai also is trying to get the U.S. Olym- pic team to train in Hawaii and to get local schools to embrace surfing as an offi- cial sport, something he said even New Jersey has done. Wakai said Hawaii let other destinations like Bra- zil, California and Australia, who are better at monetiz- ing surfing, steal its thunder.

realize how valuable a gift surfing was, but got a pivotal op- portunity to change that in 2020. We have to ride this wave or be in the back- he said. Chris Tatum, Hawaii Tour- ism Authority president and CEO, said the agency plans to market the surfing exhibit and up its own surfing branding. love to see more people educated about the history of Hawaii, and no better place than the Bishop Tatum said. interest in surfing necessarily drive more tourists to Ha- waii, but it does give them another experience while they are here.

It appeals to visitors that are interested in culture and have a ten- dency to be more focused on the environment and to potentially spend more money on other areas out- side of The well-timed exhibit lets the museum inch closer to its long-term goal of in- creasing annual attendance from roughly 200,000 locals and tourists to at least 800,000. And, it also pro- vides an elevated opportu- nity for the museum to use surfing to draw attention to climate change challenges. Melanie Ide, Bishop Mu- seum president and CEO, said, this exhibition, be connecting our local and international audiences, celebrating deep roots in Hawaiian culture, and bringing attention to the urgent need to protect our health in the face of climate change and the pol- lutants that are affecting our environment and Dylan Ching, vice presi- dent of operations for TS Restaurants on Oahu and Kauai, said the sustainability aspect and the fact that the restau- rants honor the legacy of Duke Kahanamoku were crit- ical to the deci- sion to become a major exhibit sponsor. was one of the larger contributions that said Ching, whose mother is pro surfer Laura Blears and who is a Bishop Museum Community Association volunteer. want more people to under- stand that Hawaii is the birthplace of surfing.

Also, we want to promote sustain- ability. If we take care of our oceans, then we Ching appreciates that the exhibit is a fusion of sci- ence, history and Hawaiian culture. On display are surf- boards from legends like Duke Kahanamoku, who was an Olympic medalist in wa- ter events and is considered the father of modern surfing; and Rell Sunn, the of who in 1982 was ranked No. 1 in the world on longboard. Boards belonging to Moore and to John John Florence, the 2016 and 2017 world champion, also will be on display.

even got Princess surfboard an extremely thin board which exhibit de- signer Michael Wilson said was indicative of superior water skills as riding it would have been like ing a car with a high-perfor- mance the best representa- tion of the oldest and most significant surfboards in the said DeSoto Brown, Bishop Museum historian and exhibit curator. also a real-time el- ement to the exhibit that of- fers intimate accounts from professional and amateur surfers about the sport and their favorite surf spots. A visit to surfboard maker Po- haku workshop shows how traditional-style boards are made. A high-tech surfing video wall lends a hip modern vibe to the exhibit, which also of- fers interactive touch screens to provide insight into the science behind catching the perfect swell. even a simulated surfing experience called the which al- lows participants to ride a digital wave.

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