The Public School System is looking to renovate several of its condemned buildings in several of its campuses all around the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n
Interim Education commissioner Glenn Mu\u00f1a told Saipan Tribune that there are plans currently in discussion to renovate condemned buildings within the campuses of Marianas High School, Francisco M. Sablan Middle School, William S. Reyes Elementary School, and others.<\/p>\n
Saipan Tribune previously obtained documents pertaining to several PSS infrastructures to be demolished, including estimated costs for the service.<\/p>\n
Specifically, the documents noted that Building C at FMS, which is \u201cstructurally unsound\u201d and has already been condemned, would cost PSS about $30,000 to demolish. <\/p>\n
Hopwood Middle School\u2019s LMA Building and Building V, both considered \u201cunsafe for use in its current condition\u201d and requires further structural assessment if both are to be salvaged, would set PSS back about $85,000 apiece to have it demolished.<\/p>\n
WSR\u2019s maintenance building and old auditorium would cost $85,000 to demolish, while MHS\u2019 Building T South would cost the same for demolishing.<\/p>\n
Rota\u2019s Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Jr.\/Sr. High School\u2019s old mechanic building, which is a property of PSS, is also recommended for demolishing and is estimated to cost $50,000.<\/p>\n
In total, PSS is expected to cough up an estimated $420,000 to cover the demolition expenses.<\/p>\n
Mu\u00f1a noted that once demolition takes place, PSS is looking to repurpose either the buildings or the space for something else.<\/p>\n
WSR\u2019s auditorium, for example, could serve as additional parking space for the school after demolition, he said.<\/p>\n
MHS\u2019 building has been condemned since 2015\u2019s Typhoon Soudelor. Mu\u00f1a told Saipan Tribune that his plans for that building tie in with the expansion of the \u201cCareer and Technical Education\u201d program, or the CTE program. He further noted that the same goes for the Hopwood buildings.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026We want to expand the CTE program, offering more courses there [at MHS],\u201d he said. \u201cFor [FMS], we want to build more classrooms because they need more classrooms there. For Hopwood, [PSS] wants to demolish it and make it an auditorium or CTE class [expansion],\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are also working with the Legislature,\u201d he said, adding that PSS is exerting efforts to secure funding from the Legislature by reporting on their plans for the buildings. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a lot of competing priorities, and our priority right now is to put the resources at the schools, whether its instructional materials or personnel. Majority of our resources are at the schools. These buildings are one of them,\u201d said Mu\u00f1a.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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