THE Public School System’s seven-year plan for capital improvement projects will end next year, according to Board of Education Chairman Herman T. Guerrero.
He said BOE has not made any decision on the new CIP plan for PSS but education officials certainly want to upgrade several school facilities.
“We’re trying to upgrade our 7-year CIP plan. We’re trying to revise the current one. It’s something that we’re looking at very seriously,” Guerrero said.
“Hopefully, we can submit it to the governor and I know that the governor will be interested in it,” he added.
The board has also begun lobbying some lawmakers regarding public school projects.
“We have also informally talked to some legislators to get them interested so we can work with them in the next cycle of the CIPs,” Guerrero said.
The 7-year CIP plan for PSS began in 1996. The plan paved the way for the opening of Kagman Elementary School and Kagman High School.
Two more schools were financed under this program—the soon to be opened Kagman Middle School and Saipan Southern High School.
There are suggestions to open new schools in areas where the population is increasing—in Kagman, for example.
Guerrero said the board will consider all issues before making its final recommendation for the next CIP plan.
In the case of Kagman, Guerrero said: “The question is do we really need an additional elementary school or do we just extend the current one?”
