The Secretary of the Department of Education (DE), Eligio Hernández assured that he will abide by what the new Executive Order says about returning to classes in person.
“The Department of Education has been emphatic that we are going to be operating tied to executive orders. As the public health situation evolves, and as the cases go, the Department of Health is the one that will establish public policy for the management of the pandemic in school settings, “he added.
Similarly, the official said that he has weekly conversations with the health team. Likewise, Hernández mentioned that after the announcement of the new executive order, the DE will make announcements about its reach in schools.
Meanwhile, today the Secretary of the Department of Health, Lorenzo González Feliciano rejected the opening of schools to start face-to-face classes on September 17.
“We know that the date that had been destined to begin face-to-face (in schools) was September 17. We know that day will not happen. Schools cannot start on September 17 with the situations we have. In the same way we are working on the computer part, the tracking part ”, said González Feliciano to questions from the press during a conference.
Does not contemplate extension of the academic calendar
On the other hand, Hernández did not contemplate an extension of the academic year for the moment, this after the delay of some schools in starting the school semester according to this media.
“We have been emphatic, since day number one, the schools are open. It has been the parents who have to move to the schools if they have any difficulty to attend to their particular case. There are schools that have been highly successful and there are schools that have had impressive challenges. Today we are going to limit ourselves to how the executive orders evolve, we are going to make adjustments and make decisions, but it is too early for us to make an announcement like that, “he said.
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