Constancio Padilla National High School 4.22

This public secondary school in San Jose, Nueva Ecija was established in 1944 with 321 students enrolled and with only a few teachers. Classes in those times were held in makeshift rooms constructed of bamboo and talahib. Other classes were conducted in unoccupied first floors of residential homes. Through the cooperative efforts of the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) and the community, an eight hectare lot was acquired and purchased through funds they were able to raise. Quonset huts made of cogon used by the Americans as barracks were used as temporary rooms. A warehouse made of sawali(woven split bamboo mats) and GI sheets inside the campus was also converted into classrooms.The school was formerly named North Provincial High School. When the town of San Jose was converted into a chartered city in August 10, 1969, the North Provincial High School became San Jose City High School. By virtue of Batas Pambansa Bilang 261 authored by Assemblyman Narciso S. Nario, the school was nationalized and named San Jose City National High School which was approved on November 13, 1982. The following year, Assemblyman Leopoldo Diaz passed a Bill Batas Pambansa Bilang 650 changing its name to Constancio Padilla National High School. This is the name that is still used up to the present. in honor of Constancio Padilla, former congressman of Nueva Ecija and a member of the First Congress of the Republic of the Philippines. It has the Sections of (STE) Science Technology and Engineering, Special Program in the Art (SPA), and Regular Classes, it also have the Special Program in Foreign Language (SPFL).HistoryConstancio Padilla National High School was established in 1944. Classes were held in makeshift classrooms constructed of bamboo and talahib. Other classes were conducted in unoccupied first floors of residential homes. Through the cooperative efforts of the parents, teachers and the community, an eight hectare lot was acquired and purchased through funds they were able to raise. Quonset huts made of cogon used by the Americans as barracks were used as temporary rooms. A warehouse made of sawali and GI sheets inside the campus was converted into classrooms.