Chu Hong received Hawaiʻi’s top teaching honor for 2027 after expanding agriculture learning at Kaimukī High, where students grow crops, develop products and operate businesses.
Mililani students will gain hands-on manufacturing training through a new MEERA lab, part of a $1.75 million statewide investment that also supports programs at six O‘ahu middle schools.
Enrollment in Hawaiʻi’s public and charter schools fell 1.6% from last school year, according to state education officials. Despite the statewide decline, 93 public schools recorded increases.
Students at most public campuses on Kauaʻi return Sept. 14 after storm closures. Kīlauea Elementary reopens Sept. 15, while Hanalei Elementary students return Sept. 21 as recovery continues.
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