KagES students return to home campus

Kagman Elementary School students are set to return to their home campus after over a year and will be the second school to return to full-day sessions.

KagES principal Ignacia T. Demapan informed the parents and guardians of its students in a letter yesterday that KagES will resume full-day sessions starting March 9 at their home campus.

Education Commissioner Dr. Alfred Ada said it is “awesome” that KagES can finally return to full-day sessions and to their campus after over a year since Super Typhoon Yutu devasted the campus back in October 2018.

“We’re really excited. The teachers have been excited and the students too,” he said.

Ada added that the other schools that still remain on half-day and double sessions will follow suit soon and will return to full-day sessions this month.

“The other schools are near completion with some minor setbacks. Most, if not all, classrooms are fixed and ready. The [materials] needed in each classroom have arrived but, in light of the recent coronavirus outbreak, we’re just waiting on that cargo to be cleared,” he said.

Ada credits the opening of the KagES campus to members of the Facility and Development Management team, who worked tirelessly to get KagES back up and running.

“I would like pay tribute to Eric Magofna’s team, Glenn Smith, [and] Rommel Mostales for their hard work in making this possible,” he said.

Demapan said classes will begin promptly at 7:30am and will end at 2:40pm. The three-strike late pick up standard operating procedure still applies for all children who do not ride the bus.

Oleai Elementray School, San Vicente Elementary School, Francisco M. Sablan Elementary School, Koblerville Elementary School, William S. Reyes Elementary School, and Kagman High School remain on half-day sessions.

Dandan Middle School, one of the schools that also sustained major damage and had to go into half-day session too, returned to full session schedule in the first week of December, according to a source. They were the first school to return to full-day sessions.

The KagES campus, which served as a shelter during Super Typhoon Yutu, experienced electrical issues after a power pole that burned out near the school prevented power from running through the facility.