The 2026 Legislative Session started on a highly controversial note when the Senate Education Committee took up a bill that would have changed the way principals are selected and evaluated along with eliminating complex area superintendents. Unit 6 members’ engagement and advocacy thankfully killed the bad parts of that bill. But there are so many other good, bad and ugly bills in the Legislature that could impact schools.
With us this episode to break it all down for us we have James Sunday, state Board of Directors Vice President and principal of Radford High; and Derek Minakami, Oahu-at-large director and principal of Kaneohe Elementary, both Unit 6 members.