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08-18-2008, 06:10 PM
The school year officially starts today as 2.7 million children return to the classrooms around the country. The official ceremony will be held at the new Francisco del Rosario Sanchez School in La Caleta, Boca Chica. It is expected that President Fernandez and new Minister of Education Melanio Paredes will attend the ceremony. The Listin Diario reports that the Dominican Teachers Association is reporting that while school should start according to the calendar, there is still a shortage of classrooms, utensils and desks in many of the schools, and they urge the government to solve these issues as soon as possible. The official calendar indicates that primary, secondary and normal schools should begin to work today, the first day of the 2008-2009 school year. According to the program, the school year will end on 3 July 2009.
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