by Michele Catahay, KUAM NewsWednesday, July 09, 2008 Subscribe to Michele's newsfeed
Education officials are discussing options on how the Guam Public School System will accommodate JFK High School students, in light of the preliminary report released on Tuesday that didn't leave them too optimistic about the Tamuning campus opening in time for students in the Fall.Guam Education Policy Board Chairperson Joe San Agustin said most of the board members are not in support of forking out $10-$12 million for a band aid fix for JFK. Despite having their opinions though, San Agustin said that decision should be left to Attorney General Alicia Limtiaco. "The AG closed it, so she's going to have to make that decision that it will not be open, but we're going to be proactive as the board. We're going to move forward to allow management to come up with options on where we're going to put the JFK students," he stated.The board chairperson said double sessions at Okkodo and Southern High School are still a possibility, but another option would be to place at least 500 students in the JFK annex building and placing other students at the nearby elementary school.San Agustin said, "We have to take a look at these options to include maybe taking Chief Brodie students and put them into L.B.J. and Tamuning and maybe use that compound for JFK."Meanwhile GPSS Spokesperson Gerry Cruz said the ball is now in the board's court. He said the meetings on double sessions with stakeholders have been put on the back burner for now, until the board decides to conduct them. He is hoping though there will be some solutions presented when the board meets tonight.