BOE, other officials to meet with LeMahieu
Incoming state Schools Superintendent Paul LeMahieu will meet with the Board of Education, the attorney general and the government Ethics Commission this afternoon to work out language of a contract that both sides feel confident will be resolved.LeMahieu spoke at a student leadership conference this morning. Board chairwoman Karen Knudsen said LeMahieu's trip here is being funded by the Department of Education.
LeMahieu said generally only one of his contract concerns deals with money. He estimates it will cost about $30,000 to move his family instead of the $20,000 initially proposed by the board.
Knudsen said they will talk to the Ethics Commission about the legality of other noncontract issues such as pension and providing some housing assistance. LeMahieu said other points deal with issues like making his evaluation more performance-oriented.
"It's time to focus on accountability. There ought to be a foundation of performance. I would ask that of the whole system," he said.
Knudsen said the Department of Education paid for LeMahieu's trip this week even though the contract was not signed. "We want the man," Knudsen said.
The Board of Education sent him a contract Thursday, and LeMahieu responded in memo Friday. The issues on his memo will be discussed this afternoon. Knudsen said the full board will meet Thursday to discuss the contract.
No increase planned for students' meals
Breakfast and lunch for Hawaii's public school students this school year will cost the same as last year.But lunches for adults went up 25 cents in July. School faculty and staff now pay $1.25 for breakfast and $2.75 for lunch.
Prices for adult meals are determined by cost. The U.S. Department of Agriculture does not allow adult meals to be subsidized by its Child Nutrition Program.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staff9-year-old critical after bike, truck accident
A 9-year-old girl is in critical condition today after riding her bicycle into the oncoming path of a local man driving a Chevrolet truck in Kaneohe yesterday.Emergency workers took her to Queen's Medical Center after the accident happened at the intersection of Kanai Place and Waikalua Road about 4:05 p.m.
Just before midnight, paramedics took the girl to Kapiolani Medical Center. Doctors placed her in an intensive care unit, according to nursing supervisors from both hospitals.
The initial investigation by traffic police showed no significant factors, such as speed or alcohol, contributed to the accident. No charges were filed against the driver, police said.
The man was driving his 1983 Chevrolet truck southbound on Waikalua Road around 4 p.m. when the girl crossed in front of him westbound on her bike.
"These are the hardest accidents of all, when it involves a child," said Capt. Douglas Hooper of the Honolulu Fire Department.
The girl was semiconscious and appeared to suffer from internal injuries. She was thrown off her bicycle when the truck hit her, Hooper said.
Girl, 13, says man gave her drugs, raped her
A 13-year-old girl told police she was raped yesterday by a man who offered her drugs in Waikiki, police said.The girl was sitting on a bench along Kalakaua Avenue at Kapahulu when a man pulled up on a moped and offered her drugs.
The girl went with the man to a building stairwell along Ala Wai Boulevard where she drank beer and smoked crystal meth with him, police said.
The girl passed out and woke up later with the man raping her, police said. The man told the girl not to tell anyone or he would kill her.
Student, 18, says raped by man met in Waikiki
An 18-year-old woman told police she was raped by a man she met in Waikiki on Saturday, police said.The woman, who said she was a tourist and student in Hawaii, spent the day drinking with the man. Then he drove her to the North Shore and sexually assaulted her, according to police.
Police look for suspect in gas station robbery
Police are looking for a man suspected of robbing a Wahiawa Chevron gas station with a shotgun early this morning.A man entered the cashier counter area of the gas station at 1011 California St. in Wahiawa around 5:40 a.m., police said. The man, about 20 years old, displayed a shotgun and demanded money.
Police describe the suspect as about 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, with short, curly black hair. He also has a slight mustache. He wore a white T-shirt and pants.
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