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| Salvaged materials from the burnt school building. (Lei Adriano) |
Staff reporter
Laoag
City—Several pupils at the Shamrock
Elementary School in this city have to settle for temporary rooms under a
covered court as the classes opened on June 1.
The primary reason for this
is because a fire destroyed the school’s 30-year old building three weeks before
the opening of classes.
On May 8, a fire broke out at
the second floor of the Shamrock old building damaging at least six classrooms
equipped with flat screen television, water dispenser, electric fans, chairs
and tables as well as new sala sets, books and other school documents.
Estimated worth of damages was pegged at P1.7 million while source of fire was
suspected to be that of faulty electrical wiring.
While waiting for the release
of funds for the construction of a new building, Jovencio Agustin, the school
principal said the affected five sections of Grade V and a block section
for Grade VI pupils at the second floor and a room of the kindergarten at the
ground floor of the two-storey building will be transferred to the school
library which has two available rooms, the principal’s office and the ICT room.
Also, at least two temporary
rooms are being fixed within June 1 at the south wing of the covered court or
adjacent of the school’s open stage.
“Despite of what happened, we
observe an increase of enrollees as we have so many transferees this year.
Right now, enrolment is still on-going though regular classes will start
today,” Mr. Agustin said.
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| RUSH JOB. Ernesto Subaste, a janitor of the Shamrock Elementary School in Laoag City is working double time to fix a temporary classroom intended for Grade V pupils. (Lei Adriano) |
He admitted books are lacking
particularly for the Grade V pupils whose books were totally burned.
Through the quick response
fund from the Department of Education, Mr. Agustin said the Laoag City Division
Office through City Schools Division Superintendent Cecilia Aribuabo have yet
to follow up at the DepEd Region and Central Offices on what is best to do
about the damaged building. Based on the recommendation of the city and
provincial engineering office, the stability of the old structure have to be
inspected first prior to its renovation or for the possible construction of a
new building.
Meanwhile, the provincial
government has initially donated blackboards and magazine racks for school
use.
Photo captions:
Sacrifices
of young children. School children squat in
front of the burned old building of the Shamrock Elementary School on
Monday while waiting for the school principal's announcement regarding
their temporary room assignments. (Lei Adriano)
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