HE‘E Coalition

Hui for Excellence in Education

HE‘E Meeting Notes, Planning Team Notes ·

HE’E Planning Meeting, November 19, 2014, 4:00-6:00pm

HE’E Planning Meeting: Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 4:00-6:00pm at The Learning Coalition, 841 Bishop Street, Suite 301. (Validated Parking at Ali’i Place, 1099 Alakea Street)

HE’E is pleased to welcome back members of the Education Institute of Hawaii to report on the delegation’s trip to Canada and the mainland. The members who will present at HE’E’s meeting are:
Darrel Galera, Education Institute of Hawaii executive director; retired Moanalua High School principal; 2010 Hawaii High School Principal of the Year; former Leeward District deputy superintendent; 2004 Central Oahu District Principal of the Year; parent of public school graduate.

Ray L’Heureux, former DOE assistant superintendent, Office of School Facilities and Support Services; former commanding officer of Presidential helicopter squadron for Presidents Bush and Obama; 30-year military career included executive positions responsible for strategic and management operations within the Marine Corps and U.S. Pacific Command; parent of two public school graduates.
Roberta Mayor, former principal at Waianae High School and Waipahu Intermediate; former superintendent of Oakland Unified School District; former Chief Management Analyst for California Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team; parent of two public school graduates.
Denise Murai, parent advocate; Parent Community Networking Center coordinator; nationally certified facilitator of Parent Project & Loving Solutions parenting program; parent of three public school graduates.

The following are background materials provided at the meeting which touch upon school improvement and also the work that was done in the Edmonton School System.
  1. Edmonton Journal: ABC’s of a School Revolution (David Staples 10/19/2003)
  2. The Pride of Edmonton (Heritage Foundation 6/16/2006)
  3. How the World’s Most Improved School Systems Keep Getting Better(McKinsey and Company 11/2010)
  4. Q&A with Mike Strembitsky (Honolulu Star Bulletin 4/9/2010)
  5. Public Education in HawaiÊ»i: Past, Present & Future (Randall Roth 2010)
  6. Best School System in North America (Hawaii Business 9/16/2014)
  7. Empowerment gives schools the ability to put students first (Star Advertiser 10/30/2014
  8. Power to the schools  (Star Advertiser 11/23/2014)
  9. How you can get involved in helping to improve the public school system (Pacific Business News, 11/21/2014)