Jeju Foreign Language High School's 'Conversion to General High School' Ultimately Heads to Court...

School Operation Committee Files Injunction to Halt Public Discussion... Awaiting Court Decision

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Chang-won] The issue of converting Jeju Foreign Language High School into a general high school has ultimately reached the courts.

Parents of Jeju Foreign Language High School have put a sudden stop to the public discussion promoted by the Jeju Provincial Office of Education regarding the conversion of Jeju Foreign Language High School into a general high school.

The Jeju Foreign Language High School Operation Committee submitted an injunction application to the Jeju District Court on the afternoon of the 11th at 2 p.m., requesting the prohibition of the public discussion on Agenda No. 2 by the Education Public Discussion Committee of Jeju Provincial Office of Education.

The second agenda item of the Public Discussion Committee is the "model for converting Jeju Foreign Language High School into a general high school," and the committee is currently discussing the issues of relocating or maintaining the school.

The Public Discussion Committee has completed both the preliminary public opinion survey of residents related to the agenda and the expert panel discussion, and is now preparing for the residents' participation group discussion and the decision by Superintendent Lee Seok-moon.

On that day, the School Operation Committee requested the court to halt the public discussion on converting Jeju Foreign Language High School into a general high school, citing ▲ unfairness in the selection process of Agenda No. 2 by the Education Public Discussion Committee ▲ Superintendent Lee Seok-moon’s antagonism toward Jeju Foreign Language High School ▲ and the enormous damages resulting from relocating Jeju Foreign Language High School.

A representative of the School Operation Committee pointed out, "It has been revealed that the principle was violated in the agenda selection process of the Public Discussion Committee, which operates under the Jeju Provincial Ordinance," and added, "For the public discussion to proceed, the petitioners related to the agenda must be more than 500 Jeju residents, but in the case of this second agenda, it is impossible to verify whether all online petitioners are residents."

The representative further lamented, "The Public Discussion Committee is discussing whether to relocate Jeju Foreign Language High School or keep it in its current location, but this premise itself is wrong," and explained, "When converting the school into a general high school, the discussion about how the conversion will take place should include whether to relocate the school, but currently, the process is going in reverse."

An injunction application is a system that seeks a court decision in disputes over rights. It is known that the court’s judgment is usually made within about a month after the documents are submitted.

Park Jun-hyung, chairman of the School Operation Committee, said, "Previously, Superintendent Lee Seok-moon also mentioned that he would delay the public discussion process," and added, "We plan to talk with the Public Discussion Committee in the future, listen to their intentions, and then consider our plans."

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