Additional School Building for GTDLNHS Nears Completion

by: Fernan Bautista, Jr.

A new four-storey, 28 class-room building being constructed in this school is expected to be completed before the second semester, this year.

This additional building is funded by the Special Education Fund of Valenzuela City through the initiative of Mayor Sherwin T. Gatchalian. This is in response to the increasing population of this school.

In addition to the 39 class-room – main building which has been fully functional in 2007, the new building rises at the 3,244 sq. meter lot adjacent to the school covered court. It has 28 class-rooms, two comfort rooms in every floor and a faculty room.

At present, the first and second floors are being used by the third and fourth year students both in the morning and afternoon sessions.

In an interview with Mr. Dan Wright, the construction foreman, he disclosed that the original budget of twenty five million, six hundred nineteen thousand, nine hundred and sixteen pesos (P25,619,916.00) was raised to almost 46 million pesos to aug-ment the construction and the finishing of the two remaining floors of the new building. He also noted that the target date of completion is November this year.

The building project is made possible with the help of the Local School Board which is chaired by Valenzuela City Mayor Sherwin T. Gatchalian. This endeavor will finally end the perennial problem of overcrowding in classrooms.