Mr. Keith Hayashi
Interim HIDOE Superintendent
The Hawaiʻi State Board of Education approved the appointment of Keith Hayashi as interim superintendent of the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE).
The long-time principal of Waipahu High School will transition into the position no later than Aug. 1, and will serve until the start date of a new superintendent to be appointed by the Board.
As principal, Hayashi was most recognized for transforming Waipahu High School into the state’s leading college and career high school, as the only wall-to-wall national model academy high school in the state. Under Hayashi’s leadership, the school also implemented the state’s first Early College program in the state, resulting to date in over 3,000 Waipahu High students earning college credits and nearly 50 students earning associate's degrees while still in high school.
A highly decorated school leader, Hayashi became the first high school principal to receive the Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction from the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society this year and was recognized as Administrator of the Year by the Hawaii Association of Career and Technical Education in 2019. He was named Hawaii High School Principal of the Year in 2014 and was recognized with the Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award in 2013.
Hayashi’s 32 years of HIDOE experience also includes serving as the Pearl City-Waipahu complex area superintendent, principal at Waipahu Elementary and vice principal at Waipahu High and Waipahu Intermediate. He is a graduate of Kaimuki High School and earned his bachelor’s degree in elementary education and master’s degrees in both educational administration and curriculum and instruction from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
The long-time principal of Waipahu High School will transition into the position no later than Aug. 1, and will serve until the start date of a new superintendent to be appointed by the Board.
As principal, Hayashi was most recognized for transforming Waipahu High School into the state’s leading college and career high school, as the only wall-to-wall national model academy high school in the state. Under Hayashi’s leadership, the school also implemented the state’s first Early College program in the state, resulting to date in over 3,000 Waipahu High students earning college credits and nearly 50 students earning associate's degrees while still in high school.
A highly decorated school leader, Hayashi became the first high school principal to receive the Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction from the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society this year and was recognized as Administrator of the Year by the Hawaii Association of Career and Technical Education in 2019. He was named Hawaii High School Principal of the Year in 2014 and was recognized with the Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award in 2013.
Hayashi’s 32 years of HIDOE experience also includes serving as the Pearl City-Waipahu complex area superintendent, principal at Waipahu Elementary and vice principal at Waipahu High and Waipahu Intermediate. He is a graduate of Kaimuki High School and earned his bachelor’s degree in elementary education and master’s degrees in both educational administration and curriculum and instruction from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.