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Public school teachers will continue their work remotely until at least September 11, reported the secretary of the Department of Education, Eligio Hernandez. In a letter signed last Friday, but not released to the public until today by Twitter, Hernández indicated that teachers will be able to continue working from home in compliance with the … Read more
The secretary of Education, Eligio Hernández Pérez, defended its position today before the Court ruling on opening school canteens, by ensuring that the Department is complying with the provisions. Meanwhile, he announced that the agency is in the process of opening 200 additional dining rooms. “We have announced the opening of 200 additional dining rooms … Read more
The Education deparment granted the permanence to 852 employees of the agency facing the start of the new school year, the governor reported Wednesday. Wanda Vázquez Garced. According to the first president, The tenures were distributed to 191 teachers, among them from the Montessori program, special education and social work, as well as other subjects … Read more
The spokesperson for Mesa Social, attorney Amárilis Pagán Jiménez denounced on Thursday the filing of an appeal by the government after the sentence issued by Judge Anthony Cuevas Ramos that ordered the reopening of the school canteens. “The Government of Puerto Rico continues to refuse to feed the hungry people of our country. They insist … Read more
Superior Judge Anthony Cuevas Ramos ordered the immediate opening of all school canteens of the Education deparment that are necessary, when declaring the request for dismissal that the Justice Department submitted in response to the lawsuit filed by a group of parents and various non-profit organizations. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit – led by María … Read more
The Federal Department of Education determined that the nearly $ 390 million allocated to Education deparment and the Governor’s Office through the federal economic stimulus law – known as the Cares law – to invest in primary and secondary schools will not be released until the external entity that will supervise the use of federal … Read more
The lawyers of the former Secretary of Education, Julia Keleher, filed a motion on Monday requesting the Federal Court to dismiss the seven corruption charges against him, in relation to the accusation filed in July 2019. Said charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and electronic fraud are related to the awarding of contracts to the … Read more
The Department of Education served today more than 63 thousand lunches from school canteens in coordination with municipalities. According to the secretary, Eligio Hernández Pérez, today 779 employees served 63,815 servings. This represents 15,574 lunches in addition to those served on Friday. when they delivered 48,241 lunches. “In the second week of operation of canteens, … Read more
The Secretary of Education, Eligio Hernández Pérez, assured today that the Department is ready in case they have to start the school semester remotely, as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves. “We are preparing for different scenarios, we have the school start plan in person, we have a face-to-face plan with reduced enrollment, that implies alternate schedules … Read more
At noon on Monday, over a thousand cars full of hundreds of providers, therapists and parents of special education boys and girls demonstrated in a caravan to ask the governor Wanda Vázquez Garced that he attend the measures approved in the House and Senate and that have been on his desk for weeks pending his … Read more