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**History of San Marcelino National High School**
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San Marcelino National High School was formerly the Dingras National High School / Lt. Edgar Foz Memorial National High School, San Marcelino Campus and the Padong Barangay High School. It was renamed San Marcelino High School on January 4, 1978 through a resolution passed by the Sangguniang Bayan of Dingras with the initiative of Barangay Captain Felix dela Cruz and Miss Esperanza Dancel. On May 27, 1978, the school was made one of the annexes of Lt. Edgar Foz Memorial National High School through a resolution passed by the Sangguniang Bayan of Dingras. A bill sponsored by Congressman Mariano Nalupta Jr., the Executive Order No. 189 dated July 1987, converted all barangay, municipal and provincial high schools of the entire country into national high schools. Thus, the salaries of teachers no longer depended on the municipality but were subsidized by the national government. Since then, Lt. Edgar Foz Memorial National High School or the Dingras National High School became a newly nationalized secondary school composed of six campuses, situated in the five rural barangays and one in the poblacion of Dingras, Ilocos Norte. These are the Suyo Campus in Barangay Suyo, Sulquiano Campus in Barangay Sulquiano, Barong Campus in Barangay Barong, San Marcos Campus in Barangay Sagpatan, San Marcelino Campus in Barangay San Marcelino and Poblacion Campus in Barangay Madamba. On September 9, 2010 the School Principal IV of Dingras National High School / Lt. Edgar Foz Memorial National High School, Mr. Edison R. Bartolome and Mrs. Magdalena C. Bayudan, the Head Teacher III / Officer In-Charge and a principal eligible of San Marcelino campus signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signifying their interest to separate San Marcelino campus and to operate on its own. Upon the recommendation of the schools division superintendent, Dr. Cecilia Pacis-Aribuabo to Dr. Ligaya Soledad T. Miguel, the regional director, the separation of the school from its mother school was approved on October 10, 2011. The school was renamed to San Marcelino National High School on the basis of DECS Memorandum No. 386, s. 1999 and RA 7160 known as the Local Government Code. The separation of school annexes was also governed by DepEd Order No. 71, s. 2003. The Sangguniang Bayan which has the power to change the name of a school enacted a resolution renaming the Dingras National High School / Lt. Edgar Foz Memorial National High School, San Marcelino Campus to San Marcelino National High School, and approved by the municipal mayor, Hon. Marynette R. Gamboa, on November 15, 2010. The municipal ordinance was forwarded to the National Historical Institute through the DepEd Division Office and DepEd Regional Office for their information and action. To date, San Marcelino National High School is administered by Mrs. Magdalena C. Bayudan, School Principal I.