The Los Cabos municipal government has awarded a 210,000-peso grant (approximately $10,500 USD) to Fernando Burgoin Elementary School in San José del Cabo to build a covered outdoor shade structure. The funds will benefit more than 1,000 students at the school, located in the El Zacatal neighborhood.
School principal Pablo Carrillo Perpuli received the grant directly from the municipality’s Citizen Services office. The money will pay for a techumbre, a roofed outdoor structure designed to give students shaded space for classes and recreation.
Mayor Fulfills School Infrastructure Pledge
The grant fulfills a commitment made by Mayor Christian Agúndez Gómez to improve conditions at public schools across the municipality. El Zacatal is a residential neighborhood on the outskirts of San José del Cabo, where many local working families live. Shade structures are a common priority at Baja California Sur schools, where temperatures regularly exceed 100°F during the summer months.
The school project is part of a broader municipal push to upgrade infrastructure in Los Cabos. In February, the Agúndez administration approved a 691-million-peso budget for 2026 urban improvement projects, covering street paving, water and sewer systems, and wastewater treatment upgrades in both San José del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas.
Broader Infrastructure Spending in Los Cabos
That larger spending plan is managed through the municipality’s environmental sanitation trust fund, overseen by municipal treasurer Rigoberto Arce Martínez. While the bulk of those funds target roads and water systems, smaller grants like the one awarded to Fernando Burgoin Elementary address day-to-day needs in local neighborhoods that see little tourist traffic.
For El Zacatal families, the covered structure means children will no longer have outdoor activities fully exposed to the desert sun. Construction timelines were not specified in the announcement.
The grant was first reported by Colectivo Pericú.