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Thursday, August 28, 2003
Town exec to pursue school transfer
CALASIAO -- The Municipal Government is pursuing its plan to transfer the Central Elementary School (CES) to another location as it experiences frequent flooding.
Mayor Roy T. Macanlalay said the frequent flooding of CES is detrimental to the students who most of the time cannot hold classes because their classrooms are still flooded.
He said the principal and teachers of the school were already informed of the need to transfer the school after this has been explained to them.
However, the school principal and teachers are opposed to the plan for "sentimental, cultural and historical" value of the school, which also was supported by some opposition leaders.
The opposition arises from reports that the school compound will be converted into a commercial complex.
Macanlalay said they have not totally dropped the idea in fact they are just preparing the needed documents, although the process is long.
The mayor also admitted that the proposed relocation site for CES is also located in a low lying area but they plan to elevate the area before constructing a new structure.
The proposed site is reportedly near the river and poses danger to the students, the opposition group claimed.
But Macanlalay said they will construct a perimeter fence as high as 10 feet. "We can even put a barbwire on top of it to stop the kids from climbing over it," he added.
He likewise disclosed that the squatters in the relocation site would also be transferred to an already identified resettlement area.
The mayor said with the transfer of the school, they would be resolving three existing issues in the town: the often non-holding of classes at CES, the squatter problem and the lack of space for commercial expansion at the town proper.
He said a commercial mall would be constructed at the school site so the town would be at pace with the development of the cities of Dagupan, Urdaneta and San Carlos.
"Our town is strategically situated at the crossroads of these three cities and I am optimistic we can attain the envisioned development of the municipality faster. What we are talking here is the future," Macanlalay said. (FPM)
(August 28, 2003 issue)
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