May 2010

Suspension of the Charter Application Process Lifted

Sylvia Silva, Executive Assistant CSRP

Dear Charter School Stakeholders,

At the Charter School Review Panel (Panel’s) General Business meeting of May 13, 2010, suspension of the charter application process was lifted.  Please refer to the updated timeline showing the new deadline dates of the process which will begin in June 2010.

If your group submitted a Letter of Intent for the Panel’s December 2009 process please do not submit an additional letter but refer to the timeline’s Detailed Implementation Plan submission deadline of Stage 3. 

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NEWS RELEASE: Governor and BOE Chairperson Announce End of Furlough Fridays in Public Schools

Office of the Governor

HONOLULU – Governor Linda Lingle, Board of Education Chairperson Garrett Toguchi, and Department of Education Interim Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi announced today all 17 “Furlough Fridays” scheduled for the upcoming 2010-2011 school year will be eliminated from the public school calendar, returning nearly 171,000 children back to the classroom.

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Charter school must move, set up new site

Eloise Aguiar, Honolulu Advertiser Staff Writer

The state Department of Health has awarded Avalon Health Care a contract to build and operate a long-term care facility in Kāne'ohe that would displace a charter school on the grounds of the Hawai'i State Hospital.

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Vanelle Maunalei Love - The charter schools advocate

Christine Donnelly, Star Bulletin

Ms. Love - The charter schools advocate is committed to sustaining educational choice in Hawaii.

As parents' dismay intensifies over instructional cutbacks at Hawaii's regular public schools, interest is rising in charter schools, those more independent institutions able to adapt to the needs of individual communities.

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