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Education Secretary Leonor Briones issued DepEd Order No. 3, Series of 2021, or the Creation of the Child Protection Unit (CPU) and the Child Rights in Education Desk (CREDe) in DepEd.
Briones issued the policy on the creation of the CPU under the Office of the Undersecretary for Field Operations, Palarong Pambansa Secretariat, and DepEd Employees Associations Coordinating Office and the CREDe under the Office of the Undersecretary for Legal Affairs in DepEd.
In upholding the right of the child to special protection and to reiterate its policy of zero tolerance for any act of abuse and violence against the child, DepEd issued DepEd Order No. 40, Series of 2012, also known as the “Child Protection Policy.”
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Newly elected school board members sat for their first slate of meetings this week, probing district priorities ahead of this year’s charter application process.
The district is responsible for assessing requests to open new schools, which can come from charter management organizations that already work with the district or newcomers.
The application process begins in early February with applications due in April. After that, the district takes two months to review materials, conduct interviews and hold public hearings, with Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. expected to make final recommendations to the school board on June 11.
Last year, two organizations completed the application process. Kevin George, the district’s chief accountability officer, told board members he expects this year’s number to be higher based on the number of charter management organizations that have already expressed interest. If approved, new schools would open in the fal
New Orleans public schools reported a record number of COVID-19 cases Monday afternoon, one week after announcing a system-wide pivot to online learning .