P20 Million for Bacolod City Students..

The Bacolod City school board has approved a total of P20 million from the supplemental budget for payment of miscellaneous fees of about 90,000 public elementary and high school students in Bacolod City and for other expenses, Councilor Greg Gasataya said yesterday.
The budget includes free school bags and school supplies that will be provided by the city government to about 60,000 elementary students in Bacolod, he said.
The city has allocated about P3 million for the miscellaneous fees of about 60,000 elementary and about 30,000 high school students and P1.2 million for the construction and repair of classrooms, he added.

Gasataya said part of the budget will be allocated for the scholars of the Bacolod City National High School Arts and Science class under “Project BING”, or the Building, Intelligence for Growth program of the city.
The scholars will be given additional financial assistance of P200 a month each, he said, and this will cover those from the first year up to the fourth year.

Gasataya said that last year, the city gave the BCNHS scholars P500 every grading.
Meanwhile, the local school board of Bacolod City passed a resolution Friday seeking the retention of Milagros Gonzales as Schools Division Superintendent of Bacolod City, Gasataya said.

Gasataya said the resolution was addressed to Department of Education Secretary Jesli Lapuz, undersecretary Ramon Bacani and regional director Victoriano Tirol Jr.
Earlier, the officers and members of the Bacolod City Public School Teachers’ and Employees Multi-Purpose Cooperative composed of more than 1,700 elementary and high school teachers, and the Bacolod City Public School Teachers Association, and National Organization of Professional Teachers composed of 2,600 elementary and high school teachers, also manifested their strong support for the leadership of Gonzales, in response to the moves of Bacolod Rep. Monico Puentevella for her transfer or promotion.. Source: VDS