FEASIBILTY STUDY ON THE CONVERSION OF COGON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TO COGON INTEGRATED SCHOOL

I. RATIONALE
The addition of grade levels in Hinapolon Primary School in Barangay
Hinapolon, Alangalang, Leyte is a timely response to economic instability of
parents from sending their children higher grade levels which is a 7 km away to
Sta. Fe Central School, a nearby school from Hinapolon PS. Also, this is to
support the goal of education to attain Education For All ( EFA ). The
community wanted to improve the participation rate and zero-out out of
school children.
The school, together with the parents and the stakeholders of the barangay
assure a quality education by maintaining a child-friendly environment in
consonance to DepEd’s mission and vision.

II. Objectives
To rename Hinapolon Primary School to Hinapolon Elementary School:
III. School History

When Cogon Elementary School was founded in the late 50’s, it faced the rough
challenge of establishing a complete school community and a school to serve
the needs of the families who are mostly farmers. The community took this
challenge seriously, defying burdens and worries just to make the school grow
from a primary to elementary school.

The school opened with a staff of 1, and as years passed enrolment continued
increasing, the school staff grew and every year the school added grade level.
Currently the school is a complete multigrade elementary school.

There was a Gabaldon Building at first, but after so many years, a complete
metamorphosis- new buildings and new landscapes, made the school stable and
far more different from what it was before.

Only a few that the school produced professionals before because of the
distance of the place to other big schools. There was a record of 2 drop outs
from Sy. 2010-2001 because of their personal worries that high school was
certain, they cannot pursue.

In 2018, the school marked an enrolment of 154. The following year, the
enrolment rose to 173. To date, the enrolment is fixed to 176 with still a chance
to storm so as to increase the average class size of 23 to 35 per grade level.

With the strong support of the community and other stakeholders, the school
emerged as one of the performing schools in the District with an immersion of a
different school set up through the construction of many projects like the
school railings, school stage, math park, signages, pathwalk and many others.

The school started its SBM documentation , SY. 2019-2021 and having
acquired a level 3 of practice through the District validation, it is now working
its way towards more commitment to the institution.

At present the school has 7 teachers and 3 Learning Support Aides, duly
financed by the Alangalang National High School through the Special
Education Fund (SEF) who were assigned to monitor the learning status of the
grade 7 students under the distance learning modality.

IV. Informational Basis for the Integration

The study indicated that Alanglang National High School ( ANHS ) serving as
the home for most of the students of Barangay Cogon since then, is now a
populated institution. There is a total of 18 grade 7 classes with a minimum
class size of 1:60.
With such population, a number to be integrated in our school would be an
easier access to instruction by the teachers and an easier monitoring and
supervision.

Mostly, families earn a living through farming, some through “pasuhol”, those
who till the land not their own,and some through very modest ways.
Barangay Cogon is located West part of the town, and an only part without a
high school institution. This is the very reason why,students from this part flock
to ANHS.

Cogon appears to be the center from the west with Barangay Lingayon, Aslum,
Cambahanon and Buri. It may also serve the boundaries of Barangay Hinapolon
and Pepita.

a. Demographic and Market Data

Name of Barangay Estimated Population of Estimated Percent of

Grade 7 students ( aged population under
11-13) poverty line
Aslum 28 89%
Cambahanon 19 90%
Cogon 35 86.5%
Buri 22 91.1%
Hinapolon 15 78.3%
Lingayon 37 75%

b. Market Potential
This is the potential projection of the study for the next 4 years.

Projected Growth of Population

14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0

2023 2024 2025 2026

c. Trasportation Expenses

Name of Barangay From Place to From Place to Marginal difference

ANHS Cogon IS
(two-way ride) ( two-war ride )
 Aslum 100 20 80
Cambahanon 120 30 90
Cogon 70 0 70
Buri 70 0 70
Hinapolon 150 100 50
Linagyon 60 30 30

Since Aslum, Cambahanon, Buri and Lingayon are just a few meters away from
Cogon,going to school can be done by foot.

d. Academic Performance

According to 25 parents we interviewed, their children incurred poor academic

performance in some subject areas because of their distance from the
monitoring parents. According to them, in the event that they be enrolled
nearby, they can easily check their attendance in school.

Because of congestion, children suffered from lack of chairs sometimes, one of

the falling reasons why they opt to skip classes and do other things instead.

e. Level of Stakeholders support

The effective implementation of the project would increase the level of support
from the stakeholders. The SBM implementation would be maintained if there
is continuous patronage from the communities accompanied by their
acceptance, appreciation and most of all their full participation to all the
school’s programs and projects.

According to the parents, with the integration of grade 7 to Cogon Elementary

school , there would rise small businesses like carinderia, sari-sari stores,
beverage stores and many others.

More parents will and can share the willingness for school growth in various
aspects.

With the establishment of the integrated school, more partnerships will emerge.
The more involvement to school parnerhip, the more successful the institution
will become.

There will be more opportunities to explore and more avenues await for
additional support.
The impact is always towards growth and development of the school and its
communities..

V. Analysis of Informational Basis for the integration

Introduction
Based upon the data constituting the informational basis for the Expansion
Feasibility study, the survey data collected from the school families and faith
formation
families was first analyzed because these families can most immediately have
the largest
impact school enrollment. Next, the impact of the projected population growth
was
analyzed in an effort to determine the temporal immediacy of any proposed
expansion at
SAOPCS. Finally, many of the intangible factors of potential relevance were
evaluated in
an effort to consider broader issues that might affect decisions related to
proposed
expansion of SAOPCS.
Analysis of surveys from faith formation and school families
School Survey
Approximately 300 school families were invited to complete a survey on their
thoughts on school expansion and 78 responded which represents a 26%
completion rate.
The results of the survey are presented in Appendix G. The survey questions
elicited
from school families their interest in a future expansion of the school and, if
expansion
was supported, the extent of expansion the school families would support.
Additionally,
school families were asked for input regarding what criteria was most important
to them
in determining whether or not an expansion would be right for our school
community.
Finally, the participants were asked if they did support an expansion what
would be a
reasonable tuition rate and what would be a reasonable goal for the expanded
school size.
Although the pie chart below illustrates that the majority of respondents favor a
future school expansion, other portions of the survey reveal that support comes
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certain caveats. While it is important to the respondents that a Catholic
education be
made available to all families who desire it, it is even more important that any
expansion
not be disruptive to the current student population and that the school remain at
a
reasonable size in order to maintain the quality and current close-knit feeling.
Furthermore, respondents are very concerned about the costs that may be
associated with
an expansion and how those costs would impact both the tuition rates and
overall debt of
the school.
As indicated by the pie chart below, if a future expansion were to occur,
respondents overwhelming support the addition of only one class per grade
level. This
further supports the findings and comments provided by many respondents that
it is very
important that the school not lose its sense of community. Another recurring
them in the
responses received was that respondents do not want an expansion to jeopardize
or
diminish the quality of education provided and the level of personal attention
currently
provided to both the students and parents. The focus of any expansion should be
quality
over quantity.
In favor of expansion
Neutral
Opposed to expansion
Increase to 3 classes
per grade level
Maintain 2 classes per
grade level
Increase to 4 classes
per grade level