Teaching degrees offered online
A Honolulu university’s online teaching degree programs attempt to address a statewide need for local educators.
Chaminade University announced Friday the online degree offerings allow aspiring educators across the state to pursue teaching careers even if they are unable to attend traditional classes.
The private university’s newest fully online degree program is the Bachelor of Science in elementary education. Other programs include the Master of Arts in teaching with licensure in elementary, secondary and special education.
The university says the programs will fill the need for local educators.
Kerry Tom, state Department of Education personnel specialist, says Hawaii doesn’t have enough local educators to fill teaching positions, especially in special education. Hawaii often has to recruit mainland teachers to fill positions.
2 earthquakes hit Hawaii isle
A magnitude-3.5 earthquake and a magnitude-2.7 earthquake shook Hawaii island late Sunday afternoon.
The magnitude-3.5 quake occurred 10 miles northwest of Waimea, while the 2.5-magnitude tremor originated 18 miles southeast of Hilo, according to the U.S. Geological Survey website.
Both quakes were recorded at 3:51 p.m., with the larger one hitting nine seconds before the smaller one.
The larger of the quakes was measured at a depth of 12.7 miles, while the smaller one was at a depth of 16 miles, according to the USGS website.
Funds freed for leaky gym
The roof and side doors of the Kilauea Gym on Kauai continue to leak when it rains.
The Garden Island newspaper reported Sunday that county officials requested $120,000 in April to hire a consultant to look at the problems, but no one has been hired.
"Pretty much it hasn’t happened, in terms of progress," county Parks and Recreation Director Lenny Rapozo told the Kauai Council on Wednesday. He said the expenditure was held up by the budget process but has since been cleared.
"So, we are nowhere," Council Chairman Jay Furfaro said.
Rapozo said his department had already sent over to Public Works the plans to address the gym’s doors.
However, Doug Haigh, chief of Building Division at Public Works, said he had not seen the plans yet.
The gym’s roof was redone in the early 1990s and again in 2003. The gym’s east-facing doors also let in rainwater.
