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The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) is a statewide public education system in the
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. The school district can be thought of as analogous to the school districts of other cities and communities in the United States, but in some manners can also be thought of as analogous to the state education agencies of other states. As the official
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, the Hawaii State Department of Education oversees all 283 public schools and charter schools and over 13,000 teachers in the
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. It serves approximately 185,000 students annually. The HIDOE is currently headed by Superintendent Christina Kishimoto (since Aug. 1, 2017). The department is headquartered in the Queen Liliuokalani Building in
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,
City and County of Honolulu Honolulu County (officially known as the City and County of Honolulu, formerly Oahu County) is a consolidated city–county in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The city–county includes both the city of Honolulu (the state's capital and largest city ...
on the island of
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. Public schools in Hawaii take their money from the state general fund and not from property taxes.


History

Kamehameha III Kamehameha III (born Kauikeaouli) (March 17, 1814 – December 15, 1854) was the third king of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1825 to 1854. His full Hawaiian name is Keaweaweula Kīwalaō Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa and then lengthened to Keaweaweula K ...
established Hawaii's first public education system on October 15, 1840. This makes the Hawaii State Department of Education the oldest school system in the US west of the
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, and only system established by a sovereign monarch. This date denotes when the constitution came into effect, codifying the new ministry of education. The regent of Kamehameha III, Queen Emma, had ordered the establishment of free public schools in all districts in 1834 and this was done by 1836.


Board of Education

The Board of Education members are appointed by the Governor of Hawaii and must be confirmed by the Hawaii State Senate. This is in contrast to most other school districts in the United States which are directly elected. Members are appointed for three-year terms for a maximum of three terms. The school district has the following positions in its Board of Education. Positions: * Board First Vice Chairperson * Board Second Vice Chairperson At-large positions: * Oahu-at-Large: 5 positions District positions * Central District (Oahu) * Hawaii District * Honolulu District (Oahu) **
Kaimuki-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex Area The Kaimuki-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex Area is one of nine Hawaii Department of Education complex areas on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA. It is part of the Honolulu District and operates two community schools, three high schools, five middle sc ...
**Farrington-Kaiser-Kalani Complex Area * Kauai District * Leeward District (Oahu) done * Maui District * Windward District (Oahu) The Board also has a student member and a military liaison. The Board of Education is empowered by the State Constitution (Article X, Section 3 ) to formulate statewide education policy. The Board also has the power to appoint the Superintendent of Education as the chief executive officer of the system. The Superintendent reports to and can be terminated by the Board. The State Department of Education currently carries suggested benchmarks for each educational grade and subject which are available on its website. However, a law creating a standard state public school curriculum, the first of its kind in Hawaii, did not pass during the 2006 legislative session.


Relevant debates

Probably the most current and controversial debate over Hawaii school reform has to do with the structure of the State Department of Education: specifically, whether it should remain centralized or be broken into smaller districts. The main rationale usually given for the current centralized model is equity in distribution of resources: all schools are theoretically funded from the same pool of money on an equitable basis. (Most schools on the U.S. Mainland are organized into school districts funded from local property taxes; thus more affluent school districts theoretically receive more money and resources than less affluent areas.) Supporters of decentralization see it as a means of moving decision-making closer to the classroom, and thus achieving better student performance. The debate divides roughly along party lines, with
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s generally supporting decentralization and the
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s supporting the centralized status quo. In 2002, Republican Governor
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ran on a campaign to reorganize the Hawaii State Department of Education into smaller school districts that were localed modeled after a system found in
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. The Democrat-controlled Hawaii State Legislature, however, voted not to enact this plan in 2003 and 2004. In October 2009, the Hawaii Department of Education agreed to a furlough program for Hawaii's public schools that reduced the number of instructional days by 17 days to a total of 163 days. This is the smallest number of instructional days anywhere in the United States.


Structure

The state-wide system is divided into seven Districts; each District subdivided into Complex Areas; each Complex Area includes at least one Complex; and each Complex comprises high schools and the middle and elementary schools that feed into them. These are:Hawai'i DOE Comlex Area directory
Retrieved 2015-11-15 *Honolulu District: Farrington-Kaiser-Kalani and Kaimuki-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex Areas. *Central District: Aiea-Moanalua-Radford and Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua Complex Areas. *Leeward District: Campbell-Kapolei, Pearl City-Waipahu, and Nanakuli-Waianae Complex Areas. *Windward District: Castle-Kahuku and Kailua-Kalaheo Complex Areas. *Hawaii District: Hilo-Waiakea, Kau-Keaau-Pahoa, and Honokaa-Kealakehe-Kohala-Konawaena Complex Areas. *Maui District: Baldwin-Kekaulike-Maui and Hana-Lahainaluna-Lanai-Molokai Complex Areas. *Kauai District: Kapaa-Kauai-Waimea Complex Area


Schools


Public high schools


Public middle schools


Public elementary schools


See also

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State education agency A state education agency or state department of education is the state-level government organization within each U.S. state or territory responsible for education, including providing information, resources, and technical assistance on educationa ...
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Hawaii State Student Council The Hawaii State Student Council, commonly known as HSSC, currently consists of 44 students; one student representing each of Hawaii's forty-three public schools, and one student member on the Hawaii State Board of Education (BOE). The BOE studen ...


References


External links


Hawaii State Department of Education
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Native Hawaiian Education CouncilHawaii Official list of public school alumni sites in Hawaii
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Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
Education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...
Educational institutions established in 1840 1840 establishments in Hawaii