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HIDOE announces school meal price updates for new school year
HONOLULU — Starting in the 2025-26 school year, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) will implement changes to school meal pricing, including expanded access to free meals for more students. Under Act 139 (Session Laws of Hawaiʻi 2025), students who qualify for reduced-price meals will now receive one free breakfast and one free lunch…
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New Wahiawā education hub breaks ground, anchored by library, UHCC classrooms, HIDOE offices
WAHIAWĀ – State and local leaders gathered to break ground on a new education and community facility in Wahiawā that will serve as the future home of the Wahiawā Public Library, University of Hawaiʻi Community College (UHCC) satellite classrooms, and Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) offices. The $42.5 million, 43,000-square-foot facility — known as…
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Mural Moʻolelo: Kīpapa Elementary
Students, supported by culture and community, carry their legacy forward with light, harmony and knowledge
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HIDOE advances efforts to cut food imports, boost local purchasing
HONOLULU — With a statewide regional kitchen master plan now in motion, the Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) is turning its attention to transforming school menus to feature more locally grown and produced foods. Building on the momentum of the Department’s regional kitchen model — launched earlier this year to modernize school food production…
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HIDOE anticipates improved start to school bus service when school year begins
HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) is on track to resume all school bus routes that were in service at the end of last school year when students return starting Aug. 4. As of this week, nine routes remain temporarily suspended — about 6% of the 138 routes that were impacted at…
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Kalani High School student wins Localicious Recipe Contest
Halia Kaaua of Kalani High School wanted to incorporate her favorite foods — fish and ʻulu (breadfruit) — into her dish for the 2025 Localicious® Recipe Contest. Kaaua’s “Sweet Sea,” a dish made with locally sourced a‘u (marlin) and ‘ulu, was the winning dish at Sunday’s Hawaiʻi State Farm Fair in Whitmore Village. The three…
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HIDOE regional kitchen model aims to boost student meal production, support local farmers
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) has unveiled plans for a network of new regional centralized kitchens aimed at modernizing school meal preparation, incorporating more locally sourced ingredients and boosting efficiency across public school cafeterias. The regional kitchen is a centralized facility where meals will be prepared in bulk and then distributed to schools…
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New HIDOE leaders appointed to oversee Kapa‘a-Kaua‘i-Waimea and Hilo-Waiākea Complex Areas
HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi State Board of Education (Board) unanimously approved appointments of Leila Maeda-Kobayashi as complex area superintendent overseeing schools in the Kapaʻa-Kauaʻi-Waimea Complex Area and Kasie Kaleohano as complex area superintendent overseeing schools in the Hilo-Waiākea Complex Area. Leila Maeda-Kobayashi, appointed Kapaʻa-Kauaʻi-Waimea Complex Area Superintendent Maeda-Kobayashi, who was approved by the Board today,…
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HIDOE 位於 Farrington High School 的 $60M 體育與音樂大樓破土動工
KALIHI — The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE), local leaders and alumni broke ground on a $60 million construction project to build a three-story, multi-purpose building that will house Farrington High School’s new gymnasium, music facilities, locker rooms and physical education spaces to serve the school’s nearly 2,100 students. Construction by contractor Ralph S….
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血庫夥伴關係讓 Farrington 學生在健康照護領域獲得職業先機
KALIHI — Fourteen Farrington High School seniors are making history as the first graduates of a high school-based Phlebotomy Training Program – earning professional experience, college credit, and a pathway into health care careers. Launched this spring in partnership with the Blood Bank of Hawai‘i, the Farrington Phlebotomy Training Program is the first of its…