DepEd Division of Dapitan CityDepEd Division of Dapitan City is a Registered Property, City of Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte located at Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte, Region IX.
The Gabaldon building is a one story concrete building which has a high ceiling and has wide windows for air to freely circulate. It was so-called because such building was designed by Sen. Gabaldon.
Primary education only became compulsory during the American period, the building was built in 1912, patterned after schools in the United State with slight adaptations to suit the climate of the Philippines. The people of Dapitan happily availed their children free education under the Americans to the great consternation of the Jesuits who threatened to excommunicate parents who enrolled their children in a “school operated by Protestants.”