ANGELES CITY—Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. will personally donate paint materials and cement to the city’s 57 public schools as part of the Brigada Eskwela this July.
Mayor Lazatin is set to provide each school with 40 liters of paint, with paint rollers and 10 bags of cement to assist public schools in their cleanup and restoration activities for the upcoming school year.
“Nais po nating makatulog upang mapanatiling maayos ang kundisyon ng ating mga paaralan para maenganyong matuto ang mga estudyante,” Mayor Lazatin said.
Staying true to his advocacy to further the quality of education in Angeles City, it has been a tradition of Mayor Lazatin to donate construction materials to public schools yearly since he entered public service in 2013 as a city councilor.
“Ang edukasyon po ay mananatiling una sa ating listahan, na alam naman po natin na sandata ng ating mga Kabataan tungo sa paag-unlad,” Lazatin said.
Department of Education (DepEd) Angeles City Schools Division Superintendent Engr. Edgard Domingo, sent his gratitude to Mayor Lazatin for always accommodating the needs of the education sector in Angeles City.
“Mayor Lazatin’s initiative to help and support our Angeleño learners has always been on his top priority, very generous,” Domingo said.
To recall, Mayor Lazatin announced the city government’s major project to reinforce Angeles City’s education system of during his State of the City Address (SOCA) 2024, by establishing state-of-the-art computer laboratories in five public schools in Angeles City to equip students with technology skills needed for today’s globally-competitive set-up.