AN INTEGRATED school will soon be constructed in the municipality of San Remigio, according to the Department of Education’s office in Antique.

Dr. Gaudencio Reigo, DepEd-Antique Curriculum Implementation Division chief, said that the initiative of the local government unit to open another integrated school will enable students to attend classes in a nearby school.

“Students from Barangay Baladjay would have to cross a river daily to attend their classes in the town proper, thus having an integrated school within the area would be a big help. The school would serve as a catchment for students from Baladjay’s neighboring barangays,” Reigo said.

Because the municipality is deemed a geographically isolated and disadvantaged area, San Remigio Mayor Margarito Mission Jr. said it is necessary to put up integrated schools.

“The integrated school at the San Remigio Elementary School will cater to the students not only from the old town, but also from the barangays of Magdalena, General Luna, Vilvar, and Baladjay,” Mission said.

“Without the new integrated school, students have to attend the Bugo National High School in Barangay Bugo, Barangbang National High School in Barangay Barangbang, Tubudan High School in Barangay Tubudan, and Sumaray Integrated High School in Barangay Sumaray,” he added.

The Sumaray Integrated High School was the first of the six integrated high schools opened in San Remigio last year.

The new school will be able tio accept 70 students.

“The makeshift building will have two classrooms for high school students. San Remigio has allocated P250,000 for the construction, which will start within this month. We hope that the construction will be finished within two months’ time so that it could cater already to the students by the next school opening,” Mission said.

The other integrated high schools to be opened are in the villages of Panpanan, Osorio I in General Fullon, and San Remigio Poblacion.