TUBA, Benguet– Kind- hearted individuals and organizations are being asked to help rebuild a school that was razed on the night of Labor Day.
“Tulungan dakami kuma apo, awan tun usaren ti ubbing nu umay nga panag eeskwela nu June (Kindly help us so the school children wil have classrooms come June), appeals Head Teacher Henry Tinaza of the Indaoac Elementary School.
Tinaza said that the school immediately needs construction materials to rebuild their school which was being used by more than 60 students and at least 4 teachers who are in-charge of the multi grade system of the school.
The school has a smaller building which serves as storage and canteen, and cannot accommodate the students.
At the moment the school is hoping support from the Benguet Red Cross for the use of the temporary classroom tents which were also used during typhoon Ompong that caused many deaths in Itogon last year.
Initial report of the Tuba Fire station showed that the fire incident at the Indaoac Elementary School in Sitio Indaoac in Tabaan Sur started at the principal’s room and spread to the adjacent rooms including the Kindergarten Room, the classrooms of Grades 1 and 2, Grades 3 and 4, Grades 5 and 6 and the home economics room. Estimated total damage was placed at P5 million.
The school had been serving as a polling precinct in past elections, and would have served again for the May 13 polls had it not been burned. **JDP/ RMC PIA-CAR
