HUD recognizes the need to sustain community activities and resident programs. We've been going that way on safety and security issues. But the total number of violations has plummeted. When the inspections began in 1992-93, schools were slapped with 1,783 violations. This past school year, a total of 54 violations at 18 schools were recorded.
Any violation constitutes failure.
The continuing improvement can be attributed to collaborative efforts by the Department of Education, county fire departments, Department of Accounting and General Services and the Statewide Fire Council, Aizawa said. Gov. Ben Cayetano has signed the state's supplemental budget that lays off 40 full-time workers. Another 162 permanent positions which are vacant also are eliminated. Sixteen positions in the state public broadcasting program and six in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Commission program also are on the chopping block. See expanded coverage in Saturday's Honolulu Star-Bulletin.