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Bill seeks to rename San Antonio Middle School
Rep. Joseph Lee Pan T. Guerrero (R-Saipan) has introduced a bill to rename the San Antonio Middle School after Francisco Mendiola Sablan, the school’s first principal and a former CNMI representative.
House Bill 19-106 renames the San Antonio Middle School as the “Francisco Mendiola Sablan Middle School.” The bill provides that a new sign bearing the school’s new name will be “prominently and permanently attached” to the main building or affixed at the main entrance of the campus.
The bill says that Sablan’s esteemed working career has benefited the entire Commonwealth, most especially the residents and community of San Antonio Village.
“Upon the opening of San Antonio Elementary School, Mr. Sablan served as its principal from 1971 to 1985,” the bill states. “Prior to serving as…principal, he served as a congressman in the Mariana Islands Legislative District.”
The bill say Sablan has spent a majority of his professional career in the education field and renaming the middle school—the former San Antonio Elementary School—would honor Sablan for his years of service.
