IMUS CITY, Cavite – At the opening of the year 2023, the local government here, led by Mayor Alex “AA” Advincula, Imus City Congressman Adrian Jay Advincula, and Department of Education (DepEd) Imus City District Supervisor Dr. Rose Marie Torres, begun the groundbreaking and unveiling ceremonies of the three schools on January 9, 2022.

Local officials formally broke ground for Phase 1 of Malagasang I Elementary School Annex, a four-storey, 16 classrooms; Phase 1 of Malagasang II Elementary School Annex with four-storey, 20 classrooms; and Phase 1 of City of Imus Integrated School in Barangay Maharlika with two buildings, four-storey 32 classrooms.

According to Mayor Advincula, The construction of the said first phase of school buildings is accelerated to answer the lack of classrooms in the public schools in the city when the students return to school after it was placed in “quarantine standard” due to the entry of COVID-19 into the country.

With a total of 246 classrooms expected to be used by the students of Imus when it is completed, it will go through Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 of its implementation.

“Ang pinakamalaki po dito ay ang City of Imus Integrated School o CIIS na mayroon Elementary, High School, and College na matatagpuan sa Barangay Maharlika para matugunan natin ang kakulangan sa silid-paaralan dito sa Imus,” Mayor Alex Advincula said in an interview.

Funded by the local city government of Imus and the office of Cong. AJ Advincula, the construction of said schools was carried out with the assistance of Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino for providing a P50 million budget for the construction of an additional 16 classrooms with a total of 36 classrooms in the City of Imus Integrated School-Maharlika that will surely benefit the Imuseño youth.

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Dennis Abrina