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Slow spending of federal COVID-19 aid for education frustrates Hawaii teachers, parents

ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2020
                                Early in the pandemic schools received aid mainly to tackle health and safety and virtual-learning concerns, but now many educators say there is an urgent need to provide academic support at the classroom level. Hand sanitizer is attached to a desk in a classroom at Aikahi Elementary School in Kailua.

ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2020

Early in the pandemic schools received aid mainly to tackle health and safety and virtual-learning concerns, but now many educators say there is an urgent need to provide academic support at the classroom level. Hand sanitizer is attached to a desk in a classroom at Aikahi Elementary School in Kailua.