Talk of the Town: The case for a June school opening

Comments on “The case for a June school opening” (Editorial, 5/16/24) via www.inquirer.net:

AIR-CONDITIONED CLASSROOMS ARE THE ONLY OPTION. The government steals enough money from us to afford this … at least.

UnvaxedHeroesSaveHumanity

The better case is the closure and cancellation of the hopelessly inept Department of Education and the privatization of the educational system in the country.

That’s why in constructing public school classrooms, engineers and developers must consider the free flow of air or better yet provide airconditioners. Budget must be allocated for these instead of budget going directly to the pockets of corrupt officials. By the way, what happened to the P125M confidential funds for DepEd that can be used for this purpose?

Roberto G. Armena

FYI: the change in the school calendar was due to the COVID effect. DepEd (public [and] private schools) had to adjust due to the learning modalities to offer during the pandemic period.

JONATHAN VILLARUZ