Acknowledgements
The Department of Education is gratefully indebted to our expert contributors, colleagues, and
fellow members of the Medically Fragile Task Force whose valuable time, commitment, and
expertise enabled this handbook to become a reality:
- Department of Education
- Facilities and Support Services Branch
- Sanford Beppu, CIP Planner III
- Ken Kajihara, CIP Planner II
- Raynor Minami, Facilities Director
- Special Education Services Branch
- Verna Chinen, Speech Language Pathology
Program Manager
- Jeannette Ing Uemura, Occupational
Therapist IV
- Morris Kaneshiro, Neurotraining Therapist,
Special Services
- Stephanie Kataoka, Physical Therapist V
- Jean Kiyabu, Educational Specialist, Special
Services
- Remedios Pai, Occupational Therapist V
- Bill Patterson, Medically Fragile Program
Coordinator
- Bess Tanabe, Neurotraining Therapist, Special
Services
- Student Support Services Branch
- Deanna Helber, Educational Specialist,
Coordinated School Health
- Student Food Services Branch
- Student Transportation Services Branch
- Blanche Fountain, Manager
- James Kauhi, Contracts Specialist
- Philip Main, Transportation Officer
- District Offices
- Manu Anana, Resource Teacher, Leeward
District
- Pauline Kokubun, District Educational
Specialist, Honolulu District
- Jeannie Odo, Preschool Coordinator, Kauai
District
- Becky Rosenberg, Resource Teacher,
Windward District
- Grace Salera, Occupational Therapist, Hawaii
District
- Mona Smoot, District Educational Specialist,
Central District
- Kate Tolentino, District Educational Specialist,
Hawaii District
- Valarie Kamemoto, Vice Principal, Red Hill Elementary
- Sande Arakaki, Special Education Teacher, Jarrett Middle School
- Department of Health
- Judy Akamine, Public Health Nursing
Supervisor, Hawaii District
- Susan Fujii, Public Health Nursing Supervisor,
Central Oahu District
- Charlene Ono, Public Health Nursing
Supervisor, East Honolulu Oahu District
- Ruth K. Ota, Chief, Public Health Nursing
Branch
- Sachiko Taketa, Nursing Supervisor,
Kalaupapa Hospital
- Kapiolani Women’s and Children’s Medical Center
- Jill Taosaka, Occupational Therapist
- Apria Healthcare
- Newton Wong, Account Executive