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2 schools get funding for more classrooms
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Posted on May 19 2006
Over $250,000 in funds earlier appropriated for a new Northern Islands school has been transferred to the construction of additional classrooms in two Saipan schools.
House Bill 15-88, which became Public Law 15-9, re-appropriated $259,712 so additional classrooms could be built in the Garapan and Oleai elementary schools.
“[D]ue to volcanic eruptions at the Northern Islands, the building of a school is not recommendable at this time due to safety reasons and that certain classroom buildings at Garapan and Oleai elementary schools need major renovations as soon as possible,” states the new law.
“The Legislature recognizes the urgency of this measure and considers this a priority due to the unsafe conditions of classroom buildings and the drastic increase in student population that requires for additional classrooms in the near future,” it adds.
The measure, however, included a provision requiring that the Public School System’s seven-year capital improvement plan allocated $600,000 for the construction of two classrooms for the Northern Islands.
In related news, Gov. Benigno R. Fitial also signed a new law appropriating $50,000 from Rota’s solid waste management fund for the island’s landfill facility.
The funds were made available for the purchase landfill heavy equipment parts, beautification equipment, fuel and lubricants, payment of outstanding obligations incurred during the Typhoon Pongsona cleanup.
The law also allowed for the construction of an unloading ramp at the Tatachog dump site. (Agnes E. Donato)
