Governor’s School Opening Readiness Team (SORT) Continues Work

Okkodo High School Passes Inspection, Opens for In-Person Learning Today

Hagåtña, Guam - This week, Acting Governor Josh Tenorio visited Okkodo High School to check in on the School Opening Readiness Team's (SORT) progress. The Department of Public Works (DPW), Department of Chamorro Affairs (DCA), Guam Economic Development Authority (GEDA), and Council on Arts and Humanities Agency (CAHA) were assigned to support the opening of the Dededo campus.

At Okkodo High School, SORT installed partitions in bathrooms, cleaned ponding basins and provided ground maintenance, repaired roadways campuswide (in total, 15 truckloads of milled asphalt) to make sports fields and parking accessible, and changed light fixtures and lightbulbs.

"We welcome news of another school passing its Public Health inspection and opening its doors for in-person learning. Okkodo High School is a shared campus and caters to more than just high schoolers; it also caters to the population of F.B. Leon Guerrero Middle School. Thanks to the exceptional commitment of school staff, with the support of the Governor's School Opening Readiness Team, we are making progress toward resuming learning and minimizing further disruptions. While this is good progress, we still have so much work to do, and we're consolidating our efforts and sharing resources to push forward," said Acting Governor Josh Tenorio.

SORT's work will continue at schools that have yet to open. Based on agency reports to the Department of Education (DOE) today, supplies are insufficient. While paint and painting supplies are readily available, more materials are required for electrical, structural, and plumbing repairs.

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