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E-Land turns over new bus shelter in Hopwood
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Posted on Oct 01 2019
From left, Hopwood principal Dr. Rizalina Liwag, Saipan Mayor David M. Apatang, E-Land chief executive officer Matthew Park, Pacific Islands Club Saipan general manager Gloria Cavanagh, and Office of Pupil Transportation director Shawn San Nicolas cut the ribbon for the new bus shelter at Hopwood last Friday. (Iva Maurin)
Hopwood Middle School students who have to wait for their school bus to get to their temporary campus need not stand under the sun and rain anymore.
Last Friday, Kensington Hotel Saipan turned over a bus shelter at Hopwood to the Public School System’s Office of Pupil Transportation.
The bus shelter is the fourth of its newly-built bus stops, and the 11th of the bus stop projects that Kensington Hotel’s parent company, E-land Group, has built all over Saipan.
“We have made 11 bus shelters since we came here. We are very glad to have a chance to work with the community and provide for the children’s bus shelter. I wish they can keep this one clean and beautiful all their lives for the environment. The [kids] deserve this,” said E-Land chief executive officer Matthew Park.
Hopwood principal Dr. Rizalina Liwag said the new bus shelter in Afetna “will really help our students be covered under the sun and when it rains.”
“We have hundreds of students residing here because this is really close to our old campus,” she added.
According to Liwag, the bus shelter will serve as a place for students to be picked up and dropped off since the area is a new route going to Hopwood due to the relocation of their temporary school campus.
Saipan Mayor David M. Apatang said the turnover of the new bus stop is just in time for the students living in the area since it is now the rainy season.
With 117 bus stops on the island, there are sites that are designated as bus shelters but do not have actual structures. The Office of Pupil Transportation is thankful to the many community groups and private companies that are helping build the bus shelters.
“We are encouraging other organizations…to come out, give us a call, and see where we need bus shelters because [there are still] a few more bus shelters locations out there that do not actually have a real structure,” said Office of Pupil Transportation director Shawn San Nicolas.
Aside from Hopwood students, the new bus shelter will also serve Saipan Southern High School and Koblerville Elementary School students.
For groups or individuals who are willing to help build bus shelters, contact the Office of Pupil Transportation at 322-9457.
