On Sept. 22, the Hawaii State Teachers Association announced that its members had ratified a new collective bargaining agreement that calls for Friday furlough days for about 13,000 teachers at 256 schools, affecting some 170,830 students.
Since then, several options continue to materialize, including:
• The YMCA of Honolulu will offer all-day programs on teacher furlough days, beginning on Oct. 23, that include homework time and "guidance, enrichment projects, recreational and sports-related activities," according to the YMCA. Daily costs range from $25 to $36, depending on YMCA location.
• Diamond Head Theatre plans to hire furloughed Department of Education performing arts teachers to help with a series of seven musical theatre classes for 6- to 12-year-olds at a cost of $350 for all seven classes.
• The Pacific Whale Foundation in Wailuku, Maui has scheduled "hands-on ... ocean learning" for kindergartners through fifth graders that will include science experiments, projects, arts and crafts, vocabulary development, language arts and field trips that incorporate Hawai\\\'i Content Performance Standards. Cost is $56 per day — or $44.80 per day for members of the Pacific Whale Foundation
If you have other options for Furlough Friday, please email the information to
frankandmandyshow@gmail.com. We\'d be happy to pass the message along to other concerned parents in the community.
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