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Hawaii Tentative Teacher Furlough Agreement Discussed

Honolulu

Officials of Gov. Linda Lingle's administration were briefed Wednesday on a tentative agreement involving the reduction of furlough days for public school teachers.

The meeting on the agreement between the Board of Education and the Hawaii State Teachers Association drew board chairman Garrett Toguchi, state Schools Superintendent Patricia Hamamoto, state Finance Director Georgina Kawamura and Linda Smith, the governor's senior policy adviser.

"We had a long and productive meeting," Toguchi said. "We look forward to a hopefully...