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Negotiations over teacher furloughs prove pointless

The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo Parents and out-of-school students share their message during a protest against public school Furlough Fridays in front of Costco in Kahului on Friday. Twin lawsuits seeking to halt the teacher furloughs face a court hearing Monday, after negotiations failed. The hearing could be raucous, one of the lawyers said.
November 7, 2009

HONOLULU — Twin lawsuits filed by parents seeking to halt Hawaii’s teacher furloughs face a pivotal federal court hearing after settlement negotiations foundered this week. One of the lawyers representing the parents, Eric Seitz, said Monday’s hearing could be raucous. Attorney General Mark Bennett allowed school principals and teachers to discuss furlough-related issues with parents who are part of the lawsuits outside of the presence of attorneys, Seitz said. The school officials discussed the furloughs and problems children may have encountered because of them with affected parents, he said. The discussions were summarized in several declarations filed with the court by Bennett’s staff Thursday. More than a dozen declarations were filed in both cases by principals and other school employees. Many of them assert that meetings were held with parents of specific special education students, and that the students appeared to be adjusting well to the teacher furlough days.

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Legislators: Need plan to end crisis, furloughs

November 7, 2009

WAILUKU — Parents angry about school days lost to Furlough Fridays are pressuring state lawmakers to convene a special session to look for another way to close the state’s forecasted two-year budget shortfall of more than $900 million.

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Lahaina seeks to reclaim Halloween

November 7, 2009

LAHAINA — The LahainaTown Action Committee will once again seek permits to hold Halloween events in Lahaina — an event that attracted up to 20,000 revelers in past years.

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Man guilty of lesser charges in assault case

November 7, 2009

WAILUKU — A 45-year-old man was found guilty of lesser charges of restraining and assaulting his girlfriend as well as charges that he threatened and abused the woman in her Kahana apartment earlier this year.

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Permit to use baseball stadium approved

November 7, 2009

WAILUKU — The Maui County Council on Friday approved a special permit for the Golden Baseball League to operate a professional team at Maehara Stadium next year.

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Man, ‘not a good candidate for probation,’ gets 5 years in theft

November 7, 2009

WAILUKU — Asking a judge to go against a plea agreement recommending probation, a man was sentenced to a five-year prison term for stealing liquor from a Kihei grocery store.

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