The National Education Council reached a compromise with the Public School Teachers Association (ADP) for public schools to close on 21 December and not on 23 December as requested by Education Minister Angel Hernandez. The ADP had instructed its teachers that their last day at the public schools would be 16 December 2022.
Education Minister Hernandez had argued the 23 December date was necessary because public schools had started several days after the agreed dates. While most private schools started in mid-August, the public schools started in mid to late September. Several schools started on 23 September instead of 19 September due to the advent of Hurricane Fiona.
The motion was proposed by Olga Espaillat, representative of the Non-Denominational Private Schools Association, and received the favorable vote of Eduardo Hidalgo, president of the Dominican Association of Public School Teachers (ADP). Now the Christmas holidays will begin at public schools on Thursday, 22 December 2022 with 10 January 2023 the reopening date.
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Noticias SIN
13 December 2022