BCDA told: Allow use of Camp John Hay school

BAGUIO CITY -- City officials recently urged the State-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) to allow use of the closed John Hay Elementary School as an extension of Jose P. Laurel Elementary School at Scout Barrio for the increasing number of enrollees from the neighboring barangays.
    Under resolution 605, series of 2023, local legislators stated that there is a need for the BCDA to consider allowing the use of the facilities of the closed John Hay Elementary School for similar purposes or as an extension of the Jose P. Laurel Elementary School to allow students to have easier access to basic education, especially those coming from the various neighboring barangays of Scout Barrio and for the same to be maximized in providing quality basic education to the youth.

    Earlier the body considered a letter dated June 30, 2023 of Jeannette T. Lacana, principal of the Jose P. Laurel Elementary School, to city officials stating their strong support for the proposal of the Schools Division of Baguio City for extension classrooms making use of the John Hay Elementary School building since it is the nearest school to their institution to accommodate additional learners coming from adjacent barangays, thus, the need for additional classrooms as the school has no excess rooms for the said purpose.
    Also considered by the council is a letter dated July 22, 2023 of Ms. Marie Carolyn B. Verano, Schools Division Superintendent, Dept. of Education–Cordillera Administrative Region, to Baguio City Rep. Mark Go recommending the use of the John Hay Elementary School building as an extension classroom for Jose P. Laurel Elementary School.
    Another letter considered by the council dated Sept. 25, 2023 was that of M. Diana T. Ortiz, president, Scout Barrio Homeowners Association.
    She told the council the now closed John Hay Elementary School should be reopened.
Ortiz said the installed community facilities would be for the common use and benefit of the residents.