By IAN JOHN M. LAGARE
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (26 August 2014) - The West Central Elementary School (WCES), one of the topnotch public schools in the city, has finally received its land title after 68 years of waiting.
City Mayor Ronnel Rivera handed to principal Renato Odi, representative of Department of Education (DepEd Gensan), the land title of WCES on August 18.
The school has been in the same plot of land since December 1946, but it does not have a title due to issues with previous school administrations. It was also attributed to the slow processing by former city administrations.
Principal Odi expressed his gratitude to Mayor Rivera for hastening the release of their school's land title.
"Sixty-eight years is too long already for us not to have our land title. Finally, we have it now and I am thankful to the city mayor and the DepEd for making this possible," the principal said.
"When I wrote a letter to Mayor, channeled through Councilor Rosalita T. Ñunez for our request, he immediately approved it. Subsequently, DepEd Gensan Schools Division Superintendent Gildo Mosquesda has also given his approval for our land title," Odi added.
WCES has a land area of 16,927sq.m. with an estimated value of P238 million.
As for the mayor, he said that he will do his best to help fix the "problems that surround the public schools in the city."
"The local government is working hand-in-hand with DepEd Gensan to improve the educational system of the city," Mayor Rivera emphasized. (Gensan CPIO/ Ian John M. Lagare)
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