State librarian to retire

Oh-Wah-Hu writes “If you were one of the people following the troubles with Hawai’i State Librarian Virginia Lowell, then you’ll want to know she will retire June 30 when her contract expires, closing the chapter on one of the Hawai’i State Library System’s most trying times and bringing to an end a career that spanned nearly 40 years.

She asked the Board of Education this week to not renew her contract because she plans to move to Washington state to care for her ailing mother. Lowell has been on family leave since April 21.

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