Mandaue City Central School resumes classes after fire victims moved to another school

The Mandaue City Central School has resumed its classes after the fire victims, who stayed there for five days moved to another school in Barangay Looc. | Mary Rose Sagarino

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Classes at the Mandaue City Central School (MCCS) has resumed on Monday, Nov. 28.

Principal Louwela Guerrero said the classrooms and covered court that were used by fire victims from Sitio Paradise in Barangay Looc were already vacated Sunday night.

The area were also cleaned and disinfected by Mandaue City Hall personnel to prepare for the arrival of students.

MCCS suspended its classes for three days from Wednesday (Nov. 23 ) to Friday (Nov. 25)  to accommodate the fire victims.

Over 2,000 fire victims stayed at the schools’ 28 classrooms and covered court.

Guerrero said that the city had also already repaired the things that were damaged during the stay of the victims at the schools such as faucets among others.

The victims are now taking temporary shelter at the Cesar Cabahug Elementary School in Barangay Looc.

Lawyer Marinel Oro, spokesperson of the Department of Education in Mandaue City, said that the city government had asked to use the school for 15 days, which was also being allowed under DepEd’s memorandum No. 37.

Oro said that classes at the Cesar Cabahug Elementary School would be suspended pending their decision on what mode of learning would be implemented.

Oro said that if the classes at the school would be suspended for a long time, students might graduate a little late because they might need to cope with the lessons that they had missed.

“Naa tay possible two options, blended learning ug modular type of education. Padayun gyud ta sa atoang klase. Encourage gyud nato ang mga bata. Naa ra man sad sila sa sulod eskuylahan. Naa na man sad ang uban nato teachers didto. Kasabot ta nga naa pa nang ingun ana (nawad-an og balay). Trauma pa sad but mas nindot man sad nga naa silay kalingawan while naa sila didto,” said Oro.

(We have two possible options, blended learning and modular type of education. We will continue with our classes. We are encouraging the students. And besides, they are all inside the school. We also have other teachers there. We also understand  what happened (they lost their homes.) They are still in trauma but it would be better if they have something to do while they are there.)

Reynan Galve, president of the Parent-Teacher Association of the Cesar Cabahug Elementary School and Urban Poor president of Sitio Paradise, said that about 80 percent of the students of Cesar Cabahug Elementary School lost their homes in the fire.

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