Day 699 — Sheinbaum Holds Mañanera at CDMX Secondary School, Launches "ABC de las Emociones" Mental-Health Program

On August 31, 2026 (Day 699, Monday), President Sheinbaum broadcast her morning press conference from Secundaria No. 10 (Artes Gráficas) in Mexico City's Cuauhtémoc borough — an unusual format departure from the National Palace — to mark the return to classes of 28 million students, over 1.6 million teachers and more than 250,000 schools nationwide. Education Secretary Mario Delgado announced this is the first school cycle with universal scholarship coverage at primary, secondary and preparatory levels via the Rita Cetina program, benefiting nearly 10 million students, and unveiled "El ABC de las Emociones," a new weekly Monday classroom hour on socio-emotional wellbeing backed by 16 million distributed guides. Undersecretary Tania Rodríguez Mora presented results from a survey of 565,396 teachers conducted August 24–25 on classroom device use: 81% favored guidelines restricting phone use, with teachers reporting student attention difficulties (48%), memory-retention problems (40.5%), reduced problem-solving (40.1%) and lower interest in physical activity (35.9%) — citing Meta's US legal settlement as added context for regulating device use. Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada announced deployment of 15,000 police officers to secure schools and transport routes for the new cycle.