With a mission to maintain a highly controlled environment, the country’s public schools today welcomed students for the first time since the last governor, Wanda Vazquez, declared a ‘lockdown’ almost a year ago due to the emergency caused by the COVID-19
With groups limited to kindergarten through third grade, fourth grade and special education program students, the designated secretary of the Education department Elba Aponte Santos, reported this afternoon that 2,643 students applied to a total of 96 campuses.
“We will continue to increase the number as the days go by,” the official said in a tweet, who envisioned that in these early days of face-to-face classes, between 25,000 and 30,000 students could be received, albeit divided. in two groups per campus to limit the number of students.
Grateful to the entire DE team and parents on this first day of face-to-face classes. It has been a historic day for Puerto Rico. We have managed to gradually and gradually return to our schools. Thanks to the 1,714 teachers who attended the 96 esc. that were opened. pic.twitter.com/p5VrxQvXkd
– Elba Aponte Santos (@prseceducacion) March 10, 2021
Likewise, the agency reported that about 1,714 teachers attended the classrooms, although it was not specified what percentage represents the total number of teachers called.