FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES. Olivia Basi (right), principal of the Saba Elementary School in Hermosa, Bataan, shares their strict implementation of safety and health protocols as pupils start to attend face-to-face classes on Monday (Feb. 21, 2022). Six other public elementary schools are now holding limited in-school classes in the province. (Photo by Ernie Esconde) HERMOSA, Bataan - Seven public elementary schools under the Department of Education's (DepEd) Schools Division Office (SDO) in Bataan are now holding limited face-to-face classes. In an interview on Tuesday, Ramon Perez, chief of the DepEd School Governance Operations Division, said in-school classes started Monday at the Saba Elementary School in Hermosa and in two schools each in Mariveles, Orani, and Bagac. Perez, who was with a group of SDO-Bataan officials during an inspection of different public elementary schools, said one of the criteria set by DepEd for a school to open face-to-face classes was the absence of coronav