Jinju Innovation City High School Establishment Promotion Committee Delivers Petition for High School Establishment... Superintendent Park Jong-hoon "Will Actively Consider"

Petition delivered to Superintendent Park Jong-hoon of Jinju Innovation City High School Establishment Promotion Committee.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] The Jinju Innovation City High School Establishment Promotion Committee announced on the 3rd that it met with Superintendent Park Jong-hoon at the Jinju Office of Education and delivered a petition with 10,356 signatures expressing the community's desire to attract a high school to Jinju Innovation City.

The Jinju Innovation City High School Establishment Promotion Committee was formed through voluntary participation of residents.

On this day, the committee appealed, "Until now, we have endured with vague hopes that things would improve despite suffering from facility expansions and overcrowded classes, but now it seems impossible to handle the increasing number of students in Chungmugong-dong any longer."

In response, Superintendent Park Jong-hoon said, "I fully empathize with the inconveniences and difficulties faced by parents," and added, "We will actively consider establishing a high school to improve residential conditions in Innovation City and to resolve the difficulties students face commuting long distances."

He continued, "We will present concrete plans to pass the central investment review and request active cooperation from Jinju City and its citizens. I also gladly accepted the proposal to form a public-private consultative body for the establishment of the high school and said, 'Let's meet frequently and communicate.'"

Jung Jae-wook, a city council member and advisory member of the promotion committee, stated, "All residents will unite their efforts to complete the administrative procedures and pass the central investment review for the high school establishment."

Meanwhile, the promotion committee launched a signature campaign for attracting the high school for 10 days starting from the press conference held on July 20, collecting 10,356 signatures.

In response to the demands of local residents, Jinju Mayor Cho Kyu-il, Gyeongnam Superintendent of Education Park Jong-hoon, and Acting Governor of Gyeongnam Province Ha Byung-pil recently held a meeting considering the high school establishment as an important issue.

National Assembly member Park Dae-chul delivered the residents' petition to Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye. At that time, Rep. Park requested active consideration, saying, "The issue of establishing a high school should be considered based on the fundamental premise of guaranteeing the learning rights of Innovation City students and improving residential conditions." Minister Yoo responded, "If the Office of Education applies to the Ministry of Education to resolve the children's learning rights issues, the Central Investment Review Committee will carefully review it."

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