New DOE superintendent Keith Hayashi to be tested by pandemic recovery, building unity

Just 15 hours after his new appointment as permanent state superintendent of Hawaii’s mammoth public school system late Thursday night, Keith Hayashi was rushing to board a plane Friday morning. True to his supporters’ depiction of him as a “boots on the ground” leader, he was heading out to Kauai for the first of no fewer than five graduation ceremonies he would attend on three islands over four days.

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