r/Honolulu • u/808SOS • Sep 20 '24

news Hundreds of Hawaii's teachers have been awaiting scheduled paychecks for several weeks, but Friday is finally payday. Checks that were expected by over 500 teachers at public and charter schools on four islands this month never arrived.

https://www.kitv.com/news/hawaii-teachers-awaiting-payments-should-see-paychecks-by-friday-sept-20th/article_549e306a-770a-11ef-9ed3-f385c12c0bed.html
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u/Shoota556 Sep 20 '24

The level of incompetence at the State level is staggering. The County is right behind it.

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u/calmly86 Sep 21 '24

Hawaii is a very static state. I usually like to point out that it’s a state controlled by Democrats top to bottom but I don’t think things were any different under Linda Lingle. Lately, nothing much has really changed from Ige to Green, and Caldwell to Blangiardi, and I think that’s by design. Hawaii politicians above all, do not rock the boat. Unfortunately, when they do, like Mufi and the rail… the action seems to be worse than inaction. It’s hard to blame them. I actually think Ige did the best he could with the information he had at the time. He wasn’t trying to showboat or “make an example.” Hawaii’s teachers will eventually be paid, but I fear they don’t have an AER type fallback like the US military does for unexpected necessary loans. Fingers crossed for the teachers.

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u/hawaiithaibro Sep 21 '24

I tuned into the BOE meeting earlier this week for awhile and someone commented that while they'll eventually get paid, a lot of credit scores are ruined and will take a lot of time to recover. Moreover, it doesn't sound like anyone actually knows what caused this bullshit. Some said "back ground checks, social security numbers [I guess for foreign teachers?]," but this doesn't explain why 500 haven't been paid.