HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Autopsy set for man in Kewalo
Advertiser Staff
An autopsy will be performed today on a 32-year-old man found floating Saturday in Kewalo Basin. A police report said the man had "unnatural injuries to the side of the head."
The medical examiner's office was not releasing the name of the man until next of kin was notified.
STATEWIDE
BOE GETS ANALYSIS OF FUND FORMULA
The Board of Education has received a 105-page independent review of the recently developed Weighted Student Formula.
The board hired Bruce Baker, associate professor at the University of Kansas, and Scott Thomas, associate professor at the University of Georgia, to assess the formula's proposed weights and factors for effectiveness. The Weighted Student Formula would decide how much funding schools receive.
The analysis will be discussed at the July 19 meeting of Committee on Budget and Fiscal Accountability.
SALT LAKE
STORYTELLER TO BE AT LIBRARY FRIDAY
Storyteller Nyla Ching-Fujii is presenting "Animal Stories for Little People," a free program featuring participatory animal stories designed for preschoolers, on Friday at the Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library. The 45-minute presentation starts at 10:30 a.m. in the children's area. The Salt Lake-Moanalua Library is at 3225 Salt Lake Blvd. Call 831-6831.
MANOA
UH ADMINISTRATOR TO BE HONORED
Sharon Y. Miyashiro, interim associate director of the Social Sciences Public Policy Center at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa, will be presented with National Education Association's Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial Award at the NEA's 40th Human and Civil Rights dinner Saturday in Orlando, Fla.
Through her work at UH, the association says, Miyashiro has incorporated a cultural framework in Hawai'i's vision to achieve sustainable, safe and affordable energy.
Describing her as a "master at creating effective alliances," the NEA noted that Miyashiro has "diligently worked to obtain grants to help create a Hawai'i public school acculturation program that provides services to students who live in homes where English is not spoken. She also has received grant funds to develop an environmental science curriculum for 500 students."
"(She) has been an advocate for children and her community her entire adult life," NEA President Reg Weaver said. "Think how the lives of children would be improved if we all had the dedication and did the hard work on their behalf that (she) has provided through the years."
