The entrance of a Cold Wave to Mexico caused by the interaction between a winter storm and a cold front has wreaked havoc on the low temperaturesmainly in states in the north of the country, reported the National Meteorological System (SMN).
Faced with the imminent back to school of thousands of basic education students throughout the country after the holidays, scheduled for Thursday January 9some state authorities have chosen to suspend, make optional and implement distance classes.
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The main affected states with temperatures of -15 degrees Celsius, snowfall, rain and sleet They are: Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Zacatecas, Jalisco, Coahuila and Nuevo León; However, the damage will be felt in much of the Mexican territory.
What entities will not have classes due to the cold in the country?
Due to the effects caused by the passage of the winter storm that entered Mexico since last Tuesday, January 7, the entities that classes will be suspended in the country they are:
Sonora
In a statementthe government of State of Sonora reported that due to low temperatures classes will be suspended in 41 municipalitiesfrom Thursday, January 9; while in the rest of the entity adjustments will be made to the schedules.
Students who must attend classes will do so one hour later of the normal entrance and the time will be brought forward one hour. departure of the students of the evening shift.
Said modification to the schedule will be valid until Friday January 10 in the 72 municipalities of the entity.
Chihuahua
Chihuahua is one of the states where temperatures have reached -14 and -15 degreesso they have even opened hostels to safeguard the lives of people in a vulnerable state.
It is predicted that the Thursday the 9th and Friday the 10th be the days with the lower temperatures for the state.
Due to the above, Arturo Parga Amadoundersecretary of Basic Education of Chihuahua, reported last Tuesday the 7th that the state’s preschool, primary and secondary students will not return to the classrooms in person until the day January 13; meanwhile they will do it remotely with online classes.
Nuevo Leon
In the case of Nuevo León, the governor Samuel Garcialeft the back to school for the consideration of the parents when decreeing it as optional; However, he recommended that those parents who decide to send them to school, shelter them appropriately to avoid diseases.
Through his social networks The state leader urged schools to implement, preferably, online classes.
For Thursday, January 9 and Friday, January 10, it is expected that Nuevo León will present rain, sleet and temperatures below zero degrees centigrade.
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Another state in the north of the country that left the return to the classroom up to the consideration of each family was Tamaulipasreporting that it had not received any formal request from the union to modify the back to school datedespite the low temperatures.
Some entities have chosen to other measures care for low temperatures such as allowing students to carry clothing other than uniform so that they can attend warmer.
