Focus Hawaii Debi Hartman

Authors

• Lance Chase
• Debi Hartman

Files

Description

Hosted by Lance Chase, this episode of Focus Hawaii features Debi Hartman, a Hawaiʻi State Board of Education member who shares her unlikely path from housewife and PTA volunteer to influential education advocate. Hartman describes her childhood in California and Oklahoma, her move to Hawaiʻi, and how a simple invitation to attend a PTA convention led to district leadership, legislative testimony, and statewide representation. She explains her appointments to school advisory councils, her gubernatorial appointment to the Board of Education, and her eventual election as the Windward District member. Hartman provides insight into Hawaiʻi’s unique statewide school board election system, funding challenges, class-size concerns, and the need for shared educational goals among the Board, Legislature, and Governor. She also discusses the upcoming statewide Education Summit, community‑based school management, curriculum restructuring, and efforts to strengthen both academic and vocational pathways for Hawaiʻi’s students.

Length of Video

00:30:12

File Size

140.8MB

Archives Call Number

22.FH

Air Date

5-10-1990

Keywords

ance Chase, Focus Hawaii, Debi Hartman, Hawaiʻi Board of Education, Windward District, PTA leadership, school advisory councils, Governor Waiheʻe appointment, education funding Hawaii, class size issues, Education Summit Hawaii, curriculum restructuring, community‑based management, public school readiness, statewide education goals, Hawaii politics and education, vocational pathways, Hawaii public schools

Recommended Citation

Chase, Lance and Hartman, Debi, "Focus Hawaii Debi Hartman" (1990). Focus Hawaii. 88.
https://digitalcollections.byuh.edu/focushawaii/88