NO TO PLANNED MIIS SCHOOL ALONG KATIPUNAN AVENUE

 Multiple Intelligence International School (MIIS) is planning to transfer to a new location along Katipunan Avenue in an area where the construction and additional school operation are not allowed.
MIIS recently purchased the said property from Quezon City Councilor Eufemio Lagumbay at corner Highland Drive and Katipunan Avenue, Blue Ridge A, Quezon City. MIIS plans to construct a school building7-storey’s high, with 3-level basement, in effect 10 storeys. The proposed building has a declared capacity for 1,500 students and parking slots for 71 cars.

Its recently acquired property in Blue RidgeA is only 3,000 square meters, way below the DepEd requirement of 1 hectare for a school with 50 to 100 students. MIIS currently has 800 students and the school is targeting 3,000.

MIIS is in violation of DepEd regulations prohibiting schools beside major thoroughfares. In addition, long-standing establishments within a 100-meter raius of the property are serving alcohol.

The project if implemented will eventually become a burden to Blue Ridge A community because the school will exhaust basic utilities like water and the school will overburden the community’s sewage and drainage systems. The target number of MIIS students is actually larger than the entire population of Blue Ridge A.
MIIS plan to transfer to this location runs counter to the Special Urban Development Zones (SUDZ) objective of preventing traffic congestion. Traffic flow is already slow and allowing 800 to 1,500 vehicles to bring students, fetch students, and wait for students during rush hours will worsen the current bad situation along Katipunan Avenue while entailing the school to use ingress and egress points. The school will also be using a Blue Ridge A fire lane, which is a violation of Republic Act No. 9514 or the Revised Fire Code of the Philippines.

Law under Ordinance No. SP-2200, S-2013 or the Revised Quezon City Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Series of 2013) does not allow the school’s existence in the planned location.
The current zoning of the property is a Special Urban Development Zone as published in the Manila Times on July 8, 2013. A law is deemed in effect based on the effectivity clause of the law or 15 days after publication in a major daily. This ordinance took effect after its aprroval. The Quezon City Council approved the said Ordinance on February 11, 2013 and was signed by Mayor Herbert Bautista on March 25, 2013.
The former property owner, Councilor Eufemio Lagumbay himself is a principal author of the said Ordinance. The new zoning classification does not affect exisitng establishments in the area and in fact protects the surrounding communities from degradation. A SUD Zone preserves and protects the distinct or special character of the community to control physical development and to prevent traffic congestion, deterioration of services, facilities and environment and other problems affecting the general public.

The planned school building of MIIS along Katipunan Avenue will be the tallest building in Blur Ridge A and will be sitting on a ridge less than 1 kilometer from West Valley Fault Line. The school will be a seven-storey building, 7 storeys above the ground with 3 basement levels. It will endanger not just the lives and properties of Bule Ridge A residents but also the lives of students and staff of MIIS.

The general public is hereby called to oppose this MIIS plan. Traffic flow is already slow in the area especially during rush hours. The planned MIIS school will worsen the traffic situation.

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