PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE OF BUGASONGAN ELEMETARY SCHOOL

Background Information

Principal's Office Bugasongan Elementary School

A. Type

             [ ] Gabaldon 
             [ ] Marcos
             [√] Others: Community Center Poject

B. Ownership

             [√] Public
             [ ] Private

C. Address/Location : Bugasongan, Lezo, Aklan

D. Area: 1. Total Land Area: 5.56 m x 6.0 m 2. Structure: Concrete

E. Year Constructed/Estemated Age: 1968/ 55 years

F. Ownership/Jurisdiction: DECS/Department of Education

G. Declaration/Legislation:

The Bugasongan Elementary School has a Declaration of Real Property to prove that the owner of this particular property is the Department of Education Culture and Sports, or Department of Education.

Description

A. Physical Description

The principal's office has a window that overlooks the street and all of the classrooms of the school. It has a ceiling and white walls. Furthermore, it includes a rest area with a bathroom, a kitchen sink, cupboards, tables, and chairs.

B. History of the Structure

The Barrio Council Officials of Bugasongan, Lezo, Aklan, through the leadership of our former Barrio Captain Teresita A. Fulgencio, together with her councilmen, Fidel Taran, Paquito Luces, Simeon Severo, Juan Cahilig, Encarnacion Leonardo, and Tarcela De Manuel, together with the Municipal Development Officer Leodegario Diangson Elias, initiated a Community Center Project, which was constructed and funded in 1968 through the Rural Improvement Community Development Fund under the administration of President Ferdinand E. Marcos, Governor Jose B. Legaspi, Congressman Rafael B. Legaspi, and Municipal Mayor Saturnino G. Fernandez. The purpose of this Community Center Project is to be the place where they can have their sessions, and it also serves as their health center.

Stories Associated with the Structure

Bugasongan Elementary School found out that the land for this Community Center Project was under their jurisdiction. The Barrio Council Officials bought land intended to build a Barangay Hall so that they could transfer. After they transferred, our former Barrio Captain Teresita A. Fulgencio wanted to convert this Community Center Project into their Senior Citizen Office. The Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Radney Baylosis Jumuad and one of the Division Personnel visited her and explained that she cannot convert this Community Center Project into their Senior Citizen Office because the land is under the jurisdiction of Bugasongan Elementary School. For the reason that the classroom of Bugasongan Elementary School is insufficient, according to Mrs. Susanie D. Silverio, a teacher in Bugasongan Elementary School, they converted this Community Center Project into a classroom in 1998, and it became a Kindergarten Classroom in 2000. Through the leadership of Mrs. Wenefreda U. Taran, former Head Teacher III of Bugasongan Elementary School, she worked out this Community Center Project with the barangay to turn it over to the DECS/DepEd through a Parent Teacher Association resolution, and in 2009, she renovated it and made it a Principal’s Office. The floor, design and structure, terrace, and flower box are not renovated.

Significance

Historical. The Principal’s Office of Bugasongan Elementary School has historical significance; we can see a marker where we can see the names of the people who initiated the building. It is important, especially for the teachers, pupils, and stakeholder groups who want to know the real story of how they converted this Community Center Project into the Principal’s Office.

Aesthetic. From the terrace, visitors can see the authenticity of the floor, which was not renovated.

Social. It is important for the faculty of the Bugasongan Elementary School to have a principal's office since it serves as both a general welcoming area for guests and a place to keep sensitive or other significant data.

Conservation

A. Status/Condition of Structure:

[√] in good condition

[ ] deteriorated

[ ] ruins

Remarks: It was renovated in 2009 under the leadership of Mrs. Wenefreda U. Taran, former Head Teacher III of Bugasongan Elementary School.

B. Integrity of Structure:

1. [√] altered [ ] unaltered

2. [ ] moved [√] original site

C. Constraints/Threats/Issue:

The Principal’s Office at Bugasongan Elementary School is too small and not as expansive as the Principal’s Office.

D. Conservation Measures:

The Barrio Council Officials and DepEd have agreed that the barangay will not accept the Community Center Project because of this land owned by DepEd. Since the time that the barangay has its own lot and barangay hall out of the campus, the administrators are the ones who preserved the building. There are renovations being made to preserve it.

VI. List of Significant Tangible Movable Heritage:

No.	Name of Object	Photo	Year produced or estimated age	Dimensions	Material

NOTE: There is no tangible movable heritage left within the premises of the Principal’s Office because our school is in a flood-prone area, there have been several floods in our school already, and the materials preserved a long time ago were already ruined, broken, or damaged by a natural calamity, which is a flood.

References

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION: Photographs and sketches, Other Interviews

KEY INFORMANT/S:

MRS. WENEFREDA U. TARAN

CHRIS F. LAURDAUS

SUSANIE D. SILVERIO

RAQUEL T. TEODOSIO

NIETE S. TEMPLANZA

NELIA D. LUCES

FLORENCE B. FRANCISCO

REFERENCE/S AND OTHER RESOURCES: DECLARATION OF REAL PROPERTY

NAME OF PROFILER/MAPPER:

MR. JEVIE C. TARAN

LANGUAGE EDITOR:

MRS. LIEZEL M. TAPAR

LAYOUT ARTIST:

MR. CLINT M. TABARES

CONTENT VALIDATORS

MR. DENNIS E. BONTOGON, Master Teacher III- Kalibo Pilot Elementary School

MS. JOSEPHINE P. VICENTE, Teacher III- Regional Science High School

WIKI EDITOR:

MR.JAMES T.SOTOMEL, District of LEZO, Teacher III- Prudencio T. Yerro Elementary School

APPROVED:

DR. RUBY AGNES B. ESTRADA, Education Program Supervisor- Araling Panlipunan

DATE PROFILED: June 27, 2023