In October face-to-face classes return in some schools in the Metropolitan region | National

In October the face-to-face classes in the Metropolitan region after more than six months since they were suspended before the arrival of the COVID-19 to the country.

The first venues to return will be five municipal establishments of Pirque: two high schools and three schools. They will restart their activities this Thursday 1.

The mayor of Pirque, Cristián Balmaceda, told El Mercurio that “it’s not the whole schoolYes, because it is impossible to receive them all ”.

“What we are going to do with the children who arrive is that the class is going to be filming and sending the other children who did not attend live. It will be absolutely voluntary”, He added.

For Monday 5, meanwhile, the reopening of schools is expected Tabancura, Los Andes, Huelén and Cordillera, all from Vitacura and from the Seduc network linked to opus dei.

In the case of the Tabancura school, the first to return to classes will be the third and fourth year students.

Those who wait

These establishments could be added to others that have already requested authorization, but they still don’t get the green light by the Seremi de Salud.

According to El Mercurio, these are the Sankt Thomas Morus and Mariano schools in Providence; Suizo and Manquecura in Ñuñoa; William Kilpatrick, Father Hurtado, Juanita de Los Andes, Dunalastair and Miguel Arcángel in The Counts; Saint George in Vitacura; Dunalastair and Pumahue is Peñalolén; San Rafael and The Newland School in Barnechea; Los Olivos in Pirque; and Pumahue in Lamp.

Equally, kindergartens de Providencia, Las Condes and Pirque have also requested authorization to open their doors.