New Middle School to be Established in Seokgeumsan Area, Dong-myeon, Yangsan ... Scheduled to Open in 2027

19 Classes, 504 Students in Total

A new middle school, long-awaited in the Seokgeumsan area of Yangsan-si, Gyeongnam, is scheduled to open in 2027.

The Gyeongnam Office of Education announced on the 27th that the provisional Seokgeumsan Middle School will open around March 2023.

According to the provincial Office of Education, Seokgeumsan Middle School will be built as a 2,000㎡ school complex facility on a 10,000㎡ school site in Geumsan-ri.

The school complex facility is a multi-purpose facility that integrates education, care, culture, and sports facilities needed by the school and the local community. Seokgeumsan Middle School will include a youth-only community space, a youth-only futsal field, and a pilotis-style parking lot.

The school will have a total of 19 classes, including one special class, and can accommodate 504 students.

Status of the planned site for Seokgeumsan Middle School in Dong-myeon, Yangsan-si, Gyeongnam, and nearby schools. [Data provided by Gyeongnam Office of Education]

Previously, three elementary schools in the Seokgeumsan area produced about 400 graduates annually, but there was only one middle school, Geumo Elementary and Middle School Integrated School, causing overcrowding in classes and forcing about 200 students each year to commute to distant middle schools, causing inconvenience.

In response, the provincial Office of Education has been actively working on establishing a new school in the Seokgeumsan area, signing a business agreement with Yangsan City in August last year to promote the school facility complex for Seokgeumsan Middle School.

Subsequently, the plan to establish a middle school in the Seokgeumsan area was selected for the Ministry of Education’s school complex facility contest in September last year and passed the provincial Office of Education’s investment review in November of the same year.

On the 22nd, it finally passed the investment review for Gyeongsangnam-do’s school complex facilities, confirming the establishment of the school.

Lee Jong-bu, Director of School Support Division, said, “With the final approval of the investment review, we can accelerate the establishment of Seokgeumsan Middle School,” adding, “We will do our best to resolve the overcrowding issue and the inconvenience of long-distance commuting students in the Seokgeumsan area as soon as possible.”

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