{"id":22016,"date":"2026-08-14T11:38:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T21:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/?p=22016"},"modified":"2026-08-14T17:35:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T03:35:43","slug":"2026-hawaii-island-public-schools-open-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/2026-hawaii-island-public-schools-open-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Normal school-day operations continue Friday as HIDOE announces weekend campus closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Update, Aug. 14 , 10 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hawai\u02bbi State Department of Education (HIDOE) continues to closely monitor Tropical Storm Lala and is working in coordination with state and county emergency management officials as the storm approaches the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on the latest weather conditions and forecasts, the HIDOE is expanding previously announced closures on Hawai\u02bbi Island to include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Beginning 5:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday, all HIDOE campuses and offices on <strong>Hawai\u02bbi Island, Maui, L\u0101na\u02bbi and Molokai <\/strong>will close.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saturday and Sunday, all\u00a0 <strong>O\u02bbahu and Kaua\u02bbi<\/strong> campuses and offices will close.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cancellations include school-sponsored extracurricular activities, athletics and community use of school facilities. Previously scheduled school-related events and activities during a campus\u2019 closure period will be canceled or postponed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All HIDOE public schools statewide are continuing with normal school-day operations today, Aug. 14. Hawai\u2018i Island and Maui County school principals may cancel after-school activities this afternoon based on local conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HIDOE offices statewide will operate normal business hours today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department will continue to monitor weather conditions and assess any impacts to school campuses. A decision regarding school operations for Monday will be made through official channels as information becomes available, and communicated to families and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Previous coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department will continue to monitor weather conditions and assess any impacts to school campuses. A decision regarding school operations for Monday will be made&nbsp; through official channels as information becomes available, and communicated to families and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hawai\u02bbi State Department of Education (HIDOE) is closely monitoring Tropical Storm Lala and working in coordination with state and county emergency management officials as the storm approaches the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on current weather conditions and forecasts, all HIDOE public schools on Hawai\u02bbi Island will maintain normal school-day operations on Friday, Aug. 14. In-person instruction will continue as scheduled. School principals may cancel select after school activities on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HIDOE offices on Hawai\u02bbi Island will maintain normal business hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, all Hawai\u02bbi Island public school campuses and offices will close through Sunday, Aug. 16. All previously scheduled school-related events and activities during the closure period will be canceled or postponed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emergency management officials have advised that decisions regarding potential school closures on other islands be made as conditions and forecasts become clearer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hawai\u02bbi Island public schools and offices are expected to resume normal school-day operations on Monday, Aug. 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HIDOE will continue to closely monitor conditions and coordinate with state and county emergency management officials and will share updates through official channels as information becomes available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekend cancellations include school-sponsored extracurricular activities, athletics and community use of school facilities. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":16859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"856,888,893,1022,1619,1622","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","wp_popup_display_lightbox":0,"wp_popup_suppress":"","wp_popup_trigger":"","wp_popup_trigger_amount":0,"wp_popup_disable_on_mobile":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-homepage","category-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":32,"label":"Featured - Homepage"},{"value":21,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HIDOE-Logo-Featured-1024x512.jpg",1024,512,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Stanley Lee","author_link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/author\/stanley-leek12-hi-us\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":32,"name":"Featured - Homepage","slug":"featured-homepage","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":32,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":32,"category_count":2,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Featured - Homepage","category_nicename":"featured-homepage","category_parent":0},{"term_id":21,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":21,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":351,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":21,"category_count":351,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-21 21:46:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_status","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}