LOCAL MONDAY 42715 B3 GET INVOLVED HEALD: Firm blames government regulation for closing cording to the latest information available on the College Navigator website for the National Center for Education Statistics. Tuition for the 2014-2015 school year was estimated at $13,620. "It's devastating," said Tayler Deel, 19, who was studying dental assisting at Heald in Honolulu, in an online conversation with the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. "It's really frustrating to know that I now have to start over because Heald failed." state and federal regulatory actions, we were unable to complete a sale, and our only option was to close our schools." Heald is hosting meetings Wednesday and Thursday for students to obtain their transcripts and learn about options for continuing their education. A spokesman for Heald in Honolulu had no further comment.
About 1,700 students attended the school, and 90 faculty taught there 33 full time in the fall of 2013, ac Continued from Bl altering students' grades and falsifying graduates' job placement claims. Then on April 14 the U.S. Department of Education announced it was fining the company $30 million for misleading consumers by misrepresenting job placement rates to students within the Heald system. Corinthian said it was in advanced negotiations to sell the 150-year-old Heald system but that the effort failed because federal and state regulators sought to impose conditions on buyers. "WE WANT you to know that we made every effort to find a qualified buyer to purchase our remaining campuses and keep your school open and several had expressed interest in doing so," said Jack Massimino, chief executive officer of Corinthian, in a letter to students.
"Unfortunately, largely as a result of recent MEETINGS Water Board Meeting, County of Hawaii: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Department of Water Supply Operations Center Conference Room, 889 Leilani Hilo. Land Use Commission: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Maui Arts Cultural Center, Haynes Meeting Room, 1 Cameron Way, Kahului. Hawaii Tourism Authority: 9:30 a.m.
Thursday at the Hawai'i Convention Center, Executive Board Room 1801Kalakaua Ave. and School Street. Ala MoanaKakaako: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Makiki Christian Church, 829 Pen-sacola St. Agenda includes: Approval of the regular meeting minutes from March 24.
Pearl City: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Waiau District Park Meeting Room, 98-1650 Kaahumanu St. Agenda includes: Presentations by US Med Care Synchronicity Clinic and Hawaii Bicycling League. Hawaii Kai: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Hahaione Elementary School, 595 Pepeekeo St.
Agenda includes: Presentations on the Kalama Hokupa'a Residential Cluster project at the east end of Moku-hano Street, and LED lighting and light pollution. Concerns regarding bullets falling on and near Ahukini Street homes. Discussion on ocean recreation and commercial activity in Maunalua Bay. ETHICS: Panel's advice raises concerns about school trips NEIGHBORHOOD BOARDS LilihaPuunuiAlewa Kamehameha Heights: Special meeting agenda 7 p.m. Tuesday at St.
Francis Health System of Hawaii, 2229 Liliha Weinberg Building, Room 224. Agenda includes: Appointment of secretary. Proposed Hawaii Public Housing Authority affordable-housing project at Lanakila Avenue Continued from Bl "Instead of telling us we shouldn't be going, we should be getting a thank-you letter for doing all this extra work above and beyond what we are paid to do." The Kawananakoa science trips are the week after school lets out, so teachers give up vacation time with their own families to go, he said. "We'd like to continue doing the trips the kids get so much out of this," Hank-ins said. "They get totally excited about something that they've learned.
We've been doing this so long, they come back in high school and college and tell us this is the memory that sticks with them." Les Kondo, executive director of the Ethics Commission, said the advice letter was specific to the King Intermediate situation. In that case, five teachers chose the sponsibilities of the state Ethics Commission is to assist agencies in navigating their way through the state Ethics Code." Donalyn Dela Cruz, director of communications for the Department of Education, said Friday that the department hasn't made any changes to the approval process for such trips, which now entails having principals and complex-area superintendents sign off on travel arrangements. "The superintendent would like to move this forward to get some clarity," Dela Cruz said. "There has been some confusion from teachers, not knowing, do I pursue this trip or not?" Ed Broglio, chairman of the Ethics Commission, said he too is eager to resolve the matter so teachers can continue traveling with students on educational trips. "There is a way to make it happen so it works within the ethics statute," he said.
tour company, without getting other quotes, solicited students and parents, and were offered a free tour package, a stipend and "points" that could be used for personal items such as iPads. Based on how the tour was organized and promoted, the commission said the Ethics Code likely prohibited the teachers from accepting the tour package and other benefits. "We have not examined how educational tours may have been organized at other schools," Kondo said Friday. "The specific facts of each situation are important, and we have not been asked about any other tour." He added, "We have offered our assistance to the Department of Education to help ensure that, in the future, similar tours are organized in a way that is consistent with the state Ethics Code. We're here to help.
One of the primary re JT $1000 Single $1500 Couple ir-pnii nr ssnnm 1 FREE House Calls 5. (Must present ad at initial meeting) CORBE.Atty 533-0360 4 Irwin ars9nnm KILAUEA LODGE Volcano Village 1 Expires 4301 BERNARD "We want to be sure that our staff is available to get it worked out as soon as possible." Caroline Oda, former head of school at St. Andrew's Priory, said chaper-ones should travel free because teachers are working every minute that they chaperone trips. "They are doing it out of the goodness of their hearts," she said. "Does the Ethics Commission realize that teachers can't afford to take students on trips year after year if they have to pay for their travel?" On the Kaimuki Middle School trip, the 74 students were accompanied by four teachers, the principal and the school's health aide, who traveled free as chaper-ones.
Nine parents also went along and paid their way. "The kids were afforded an opportunity that they may never get again," said Principal Frank Fernandes, who added that the school has no budget for such travel. "The Ethics Commission has a worthy purpose and function, and we accept that," he said. "We really want to advocate, however, for the value of the trips. These trips are predicated on staff having the ability to go along with the youngsters without having to pay for the chance to work with kids." The Carnegie Hall performance stems from an earlier school trip.
Susan Ochi-Onishi, who directs Kaimuki Middle's Symphonic Winds, visited Carnegie Hall with students a couple of years ago as part of a tour. She remembers thinking, "Wouldn't it be incredible if our band could perform here?" She decided to submit a recording of her students for the audition. "It was really, really a surprise that they would even allow us to participate," she said. "We're happy that the students did so well. Seventh- and eighth-graders who knows what they would sound like? The other high schools' band directors were really, really surprised that we could hold our own." Make your reservation today 808-967-7366 www.kilauealodge.com Hawaii Opera Theatre Presents SWEENEY TODD FRI 24th SUN 26th TUE28t of April, 2015 of April, 2015 of April, 2015 8:00 pm 4:00 pm 7:00 pm JOIN US FOR SONDHEIM'S BROADWAY OPERA SWEENEY TODD, ATTHE BLAISDELL CONCERT HALL Sponsored by FMD YOUR LONGS DRUGS VALUE BOOK in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Sunday, May 3 and Midweek on May 6 24- PAGES OF GREAT SAVINGS armtar Sale from May 3-9, 2015 I I I Vf mJ Longs Drugs Stores I I advertised items available in all stores I.
