Jim Shon
State legislator, government official, author and columnist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jim Shon is a writer, former school administrator, former state representative,[1] and activist in Hawaii.[2] He served in the state house as a Democrat first elected in 1984.[3] He lost his seat in the 1996 election to Republican Sam Aiona.
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Quick Facts James T. Shon, Member of the Hawaii House of Representativesfrom the 24th district 28th (1984–1992) ...
James T. Shon | |
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Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from the 24th district 28th (1984–1992) | |
In office 1984–1996 | |
Preceded by | Reynaldo Graulty |
Succeeded by | Sam Aiona |
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Political party | Democratic |
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He lived in Syracuse, New York[4] and graduated from Jamesville-DeWitt High School before moving to Hawaii.[4] He served in Korea with the Peace Corps. He has written novels.[4] He is also writes newspaper columns[5] and wrote a book about overseeing the establishment of Hawaii's Charter School system.
Shon led Hawaii's nascent Charter Schools program until he was fired from the post in 2006.[6][7] He served as director of the Hawaii Education Policy Center.[1]