School sites carry a different standard from housing, because the occupants are dependent and the building doubles as an evacuation centre. Here is the screening.
A school is not an ordinary building. It concentrates hundreds of children in one place, they cannot evacuate independently, and in most Philippine municipalities the school is also the designated evacuation centre when something goes wrong.
That combination raises the bar. A site that would be an acceptable compromise for a warehouse is not acceptable for a school.
Screen the exact coordinates of the proposed building footprint, not the barangay:
The general planner's version is in what an LGU planner needs from a hazard screening.
Can the site be reached and left safely? Not just by vehicle, but on foot by a seven-year-old, in rain. Look at the crossings on the walking routes children actually use, including the ones that are not the official route.
Is the site usable as an evacuation centre? That means dry, structurally sound, with water, sanitation, and a way to cook, during the event.
Where do children go if the school itself has to be evacuated? Every site needs a next destination, and it needs to be reachable on foot in a group.
Is there a hazard above the site? A slope, a channel, a retaining wall, a quarry. Anything upslope of a school deserves specific assessment.
Does the site have a single access route? Two ways out is a meaningful advantage for a facility that has to move people.
Screening picks the site. It does not make the building safe.
For a school, the structural design must follow the National Structural Code and the requirements of the education authorities, and it must be done by a licensed structural engineer. Earthquake performance in particular is not negotiable in a building of this occupancy, and open ground floors, long spans, and later extensions are the recurring weak points. See the soft-storey problem.
Existing schools being assessed rather than sites being chosen need the same engineer, plus an honest look at what has been added over the years without design.
The same list works in reverse. If you are choosing where to live partly around a school, screen the school's coordinates as well as the house. A child walks that route twice a day for years, and the crossings on it are a real part of your household's exposure.
The related read is what is within 2 km of your address, which covers how the nearby-facilities section of a report is meant to be used.
A hazard screening reads public national datasets at a point and reports mapped susceptibility, elevation, slope, and distances. It does not assess a structure, certify an evacuation centre, or replace the site investigation and design that a public building requires. Those belong to the LGU, the education authorities, and licensed engineers.
CheckHazard does not replace a professional geotechnical or engineering survey.