With some public schools still lacking power, IT&E stepped forward yesterday and loaned 10 generators to the Public School System to help ease the situation for students.<\/p>\n
The generators, which have 3.5k and 5k capacities, were turned over to PSS at IT&E\u2019s Susupe branch yesterday.<\/p>\n
Rob Harrel, IT&E executive director of customer operations, said they knew of PSS\u2019 need for generators so they decided to reach out.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are generators that IT&E brought over from Guam right after the typhoon to power some of our cell sites initially, and we have larger generators for the cell sites to run up all the networks. So as we brought those up and with power coming up the distribution lines, now they are part of the surplus,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Harrell said these generators are being lent to PSS for free and PSS can use them \u201cas long as they need them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Education Commissioner Dr. Rita Sablan said she\u2019s grateful to IT&E.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been asking for generators from the CNMI government and we haven\u2019t gotten any responses. We\u2019re glad that the business community really cares about our children and now we\u2019re going to be able to bring some fans and cool air to the classrooms to circulate the air inside the classrooms,\u201d Sablan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re so grateful to have the opportunity to have this kind of collaboration,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Sablan said the generators will power up some 50 classrooms in 10 buildings of Kagman Elementary School and Marianas High School.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we can\u2019t have air-conditioning, at least we can have fans,\u201d Sablan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m actually very excited, I\u2019m really thrilled because this is something that will really help students with what they need to do,\u201d KES principal\u00a0Dr. Ignacia Demapan said. \u201cWe\u2019re very thankful to IT&E for responding to our needs at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re just a great community partner,\u201d Marianas High School principal Cherlyn Cabrera said. \u201cWe\u2019re just so grateful. On behalf of the sweaty students of Marianas High School, I know they will be grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sablan said there are Head Start centers that still need generators and they are looking at options on where to get them. She also mentioned that they placed an order for backup generators but those won\u2019t come until the end of October.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf there are any generators out there in the community that\u2019s not being used, we\u2019d like to loan them,\u201d Sablan said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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