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Re: Thanks Jon !
Posted by Clara on 3/28/08
Thanks for your help Jon, I appreciate it and am excited to be
relocating :) On 3/17/08, Jon wrote:
> Aloha Clara,
> Real basics:
> All island have varing weather, cooler, wetter, dryer,
hotter, etc.
> - Oahu is the Big City and most expensive for housing,
however lower for food
> costs,
> - Maui is overcrowded and now has Reg. gas at $4.00 gallon,
highest in state,
> - Kauai - more rural, has been hit with a couple of
hurricanes over past 15
> years,
> - Big Island - largest island, rural, has a live active
volcano and earthquakes,
> plus snow on mountains.
>
> We've been here since 1984, camped and hung out on all
islands, and decided
> the Big Island was where we wanted to live. "It just felt
different".
> I've been teaching at a Kona side high school since 2000.
>
> Don't want to say much else, because my comments could be
taken as wrong
> way, other than the majority of schools are really old and
the state's list of
> repairs never gets any shorter.
>
> Go to visitor websites for Hawaii, and the state government
site for Hawaii and
> get a feel for everything.
>
> Good luck
>
>
>
> On 3/02/08, Clara wrote:
>> Hello everyone !
>> I am currently applying for my first teaching position (
>> Elementary Special Education ) in the state of Hawaii. I am
>> looking for some suggestions from teachers on districts ,
>> specific islands, etc. The Hawaii Public Schools Application
>> asks for preferences and I am completely clueless because I
>> only started researching now and have never visited Hawaii.
>> Please offer some advice and suggestions.
>> Thank you for your help !!!
>> * Clara
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