Acting schools superintendent, BOE chair to speak on vacancy tomorrow
Hawaii State Board of Education Chairman Garrett Toguchi and Acting Superintendent Kathy Matayoshi are scheduled to hold a news conference Monday afternoon to talk about the job of schools superintendent, which became vacant on Friday.
Pat Hamamoto, whose contract was scheduled to expire on Oct. 31, 2011, informed the state Board of Education in a letter on Monday that she was resigning effective New Year's Eve.
Toguchi and Matayoshi plan to speak to reporters at 3 p.m. Monday.