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By the Numbers
Former Supintendent Hamamoto Goes Private and Hawaii Residents Stay Happy
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February 17, 2010 | 02:34 PM 1
Hawaii's rank among the 50 states in a "Well-Being Index" that measures "how respondents are faring in all aspects of their lives; physically, emotionally, socially and professionally"
6.9 percent
Hawaii's unemployment rate, more than 3 percent below the national average
41
Days that elapsed between former Superintendent Pat Hamamoto's "retirement" and the announcement this week that she accepted a job as principal of a private boys school on Oahu
115
Days that have elapsed, as of this writing, since Hawaii's public schools implemented "furlough Fridays"
Sources: Healthways/Gallup, Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii Department of Education, Pacific Business News
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