Gwangju Hongbok Academy Seeks Normalization Measures... Forum to Be Held on the 27th

Discussing the Causes of Poor Recruitment of Financial Contributors
and Exploring Solutions

Hongbok Academy, currently operating under a temporary board of directors, is discussing normalization measures through the recruitment of financial contributors.

Gwangju Daekwang Girls' High School. Provided by Hongbok Academy

Hongbok Academy will hold a joint forum with the Gwangju City Council’s Education and Culture Committee on October 27 at 2:00 p.m. in the committee’s conference room on the 5th floor, to discuss “Measures for Normalization of Hongbok Academy through the Recruitment of Financial Contributors.”

Hongbok Academy, which operates Seojin Girls’ High School and Daekwang Girls’ High School, switched to a temporary board of directors in 2015 after improper accounting practices were discovered. Since then, worsening management conditions, including the closure of part of a school access road due to a real estate ownership dispute, led the academy to seek financial contributors. However, both open recruitments held in August and September failed to attract any candidates.

This forum has been organized under the leadership of the Normalization Promotion Committee. Oh Jeongseon, chair of the committee, Myung Jin, chair of the Gwangju City Council’s Education and Culture Committee, as well as representatives from the local education sector and parent groups, will attend to discuss the reasons for the lack of interest in the recruitment of financial contributors and possible solutions.

Yeo Donggu, acting chair of the temporary board at Hongbok Academy, stated on October 23, “Based on the results of the forum, we will promptly proceed with the third round of recruitment for financial contributors,” and added, “Normalization is essential for the stable operation of the school, so we ask for the interest and participation of the local community.”

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