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Contrary to the court ruling handed down on Friday night (18), the Military College of Belo Horizonte resumed the face-to-face classrooms this Monday (21). Parents who came to the institution to take their children this morning reported that the classes have a maximum number of 15 students. The return includes young people from secondary school and primary school, summoned on alternate days. The course schedule, published on Sunday (20), is valid for this week. According to the parents, the permanence of face-to-face classes will be evaluated every seven days.
Accountant Joo Aristides Morais says he has a 16-year-old son enrolled in high school. He says he was looking forward to the return of face-to-face activities and is not afraid of the pandemic. “I am against the isolation of this beginning. For me, I did not need it. In an environment like this, totally open, like that of the Colgio Militar, there was no need for isolation. Today I brought my son without any fear,” he says.
Professor Fernanda Vaz also has a 16-year-old son who studies there. She believes that the return will be beneficial to the students, deprived of socialization for more than six months. “It was time to go back to school. We need to think about maintaining the ties between the students, their mental health, the lack of daily life in the classroom. Colgio Militar has a very large space and everything is being taken care of. I am sure that today I will leave my son here ”, he comments.
High school classes attend school on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, in rotation. Elementary School – 8th and 9th grade – Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Deadpoint
On Friday night (18), the Federal Justice prohibited the return of face-to-face classes at the Colgio Militar de Belo Horizonte. In compliance with the requirement of the Union of Active Workers, Retired and Pensioners of the Federal Public Service of Minas Gerais (Sindsep-MG), the judge of the 3rd Federal Court of Minas Gerais, William Ken Aoki, granted emergency protection to maintain the “regime teleworking of all teachers ”, under penalty of a fine of R $ 5,000. The Union, in process – from the Military College administered by the Brazilian Army, and therefore linked to the federal government – was notified of the decision.
In the statement issued to parents on Sunday, the school argued that the return would be supported by an external executive opinion from the Attorney General’s Office (PGU) and the Attorney General’s Office (AGU).
Schools in Brazil
Colgio Militar de BH has 620 students. Students and professionals in the risk group were instructed to carry out their homework. In addition to reducing the number of young people in the classrooms, the school claims to be complying with sanitary hygiene protocols, such as providing alcohol gel and a distance of 1.5 meters between desks.
Classes on the network were suspended on March 11. The activities, until then, were taught online, through application and videoconferences.
(With information from Humberto Martins, Larissa Ricci and Marta Vieira)
