Eleven organizations co-signed a letter to Gov. Josh Green; mayors Kawakami, Blangiardi, Bissen and Roth; State Board of Education Superintendent Keith Hayashi; and University of Hawai‘i President David Lassner.
Three interim appointees have been named to serve on the State Board of Education, including University of Hawaiʻi Maui College dean of arts and sciences, Kahele Dukelow. Warren Haruki, former CEO of Maui Land & Pineapple Company from 2009 to 2023, has been appointed to serve as the new board chair.