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 |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
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.
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]