Growing enrollment and providing mental health services remain a top priority for schools, although teachers believe students are better positioned to learn this year.

The state introduced plans to provide affordable housing to West Maui teachers in 2022, but limited funding and the wildfires halted progress.

The state continues to build more preschool classrooms for 3- and 4-year-olds, but researchers and educators say low-income families need more support to prepare their children for school.

Tutoring centers helping students with private school admissions have become more popular in recent years, but not all families can afford them.

A first-of-its-kind project would create over 100 units of affordable housing on Mililani High School's campus, but some teachers and families say the planning process needs more community input.

Schools will be required to post rules for campus visitors, but some teachers say the Department of Education needs to develop more internal procedures to keep workers safe.

Statewide numbers suggest student test scores have flatlined in Hawaii in recent years, but results for individual schools show significant changes.

After strong public opposition the proposed budget cuts, DOE will continue to request state funding to support school learning centers.

The $2.3 billion budget, which will be presented to the Board of Education on Thursday, would eliminate funding for school learning centers statewide.

Maintaining regular branch hours and keeping patrons safe is already a challenge for stretched-thin library workers.