On Wednesday, Feb. 25 the Senate Ways and Means Committee is set to hear Sen. Donna Mercado Kim’s bill (SB 3334) that attacks the way principals are selected and evaluated, as well as restructures the school system. We need you to tell lawmakers, “Hands off DOE.”
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 10:55 AM
Conference Room 211 & Videoconference
Hawaii State Capitol
Now is not the time to let up on the gas. Lawmakers are restricting testimony to written only — so we need to send the committee our opposition. Submit your testimony now. You have until 10:55 tomorrow morning, or else your testimony will be marked late and may not be considered.
After the Friday, Feb. 13 Education Committee hearing, Sen. Kim lashed out on the Senate floor to call you names. We rebuked Sen. Kim for her bullying tactics, but some senators have doubled-down. Sen. Glenn Wakai told a Kalihi neighborhood board that you showed up on Feb. 13 to “defend the status quo.”
We need to remind these senators that principals, vice principals and other educational officers are highly educated and highly credentialed — you are the experts on how to run our schools, not them.