Laoag City—The city will soon have its own national science high
school following the signing of the law creating it, Laoag vice mayor Michael
V. Fariñas announced.
The vice mayor disclosed that President Rodrigo R.
Duterte signed the law creating the science high school in December last year.
He added that the Senate also approved the school’s name
after Rodolfo C.G. Fariñas Jr., the late son of Rep. Rodolfo “Rudy” C. Fariñas
(Ilocos Norte, 1st district).
The city government planned to place the science high
school in front of Vira Elementary School near the bypass road. The school’s
design will follow Philippine Science High School model.
Mr. Fariñas divulged further that the bidding for the
project happened on December 27, 2017. He expressed hopes that construction
will start soon.
The city government originally owns part of the
1.8-hectare lot for the school, they later purchased the rest of lot using the
city’s School Board Fund.
The lot is the city government’s contribution for the
school while the Dept. of Education will shoulder the funding for the
construction of the school.
Mr. Fariñas also revealed that as per a text message from
Rep. Fariñas, the master plan for the school includes a gymnasium and
dormitories. The buildings and classrooms, he added, will have “21st
century type” design.
He added, however, that with the inclusion of a gymnasium
and dormitories, the city government will have to buy the surrounding lots on
the proposed site to accommodate the addition.
He said the project has an initial budget of PHP102
million.
Rep. Fariñas authored the bill calling for the
establishment of a Laoag City National Science High School.
The Laoag DepEd will oversee the school’s staff.
Earlier, the Department of the Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) through the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) issued a
certification approving the proposed site of the school.
The proposed Laoag science high school will be the second
in Region I following the Philippine Science High School in San Ildefonso,
Ilocos Sur.
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