Adjoining with the Free School, a 1.3-hectare lot was donated by Alfredo Montelibano Sr. to the De La Salle Brothers.

Moreover, Bacolod's affluent families shouldered the cost of construction of the classrooms, library, science laboratories, work education building, as well as other financial needs.

[3] In the 1960s, when Negros Occidental suddenly faced a recession, the financial support that is being given to the Brothers decreased.

In its first decades of operation, SJHS was imposing that parents would suggest the same kind of Christian education for their young girls.

The Brothers and the Board of Trustees have also been correcting the impression that the school would be charging higher tuition fees because of the inclusion of "La Salle" in its name.