Taoyuan Guangqi High School lent the venue to the wine dealers to store a large amount of alcohol. The private school union called on the Education Bureau of Taoyuan City Government to supervise the improvement as soon as possible and punish it according to the regulations. Don't let the school become a wine cellar.

(Provided by the National Private Schools Union)

[Reporter Zhang Weizhen/Taipei Report] There have been many controversies recently at Guangqi High School in Taoyuan City. In December last year (112), teachers and students questioned the principal’s laziness in recruiting students, arbitrarily dismissed teachers, and cut off many school activities, sacrificing the rights and interests of teachers and students. Wait, petition the board to remove the principal.

A few days ago, it was reported that the school provider of alcoholic beverages had stockpiled a large amount of alcoholic beverages in the school.

You Ronghui, chairman of the National Private School Labor Union, believes that the school has seriously violated the education profession and conscience, and calls on the Education Bureau of Taoyuan City Government to supervise and improve as soon as possible.

The teachers and students of the school said that some alcohol dealers have been in and out of the school for a long time, and have set up a refrigerator in the school parking lot to stock up a large amount of alcohol. Although they reported it to the Education Bureau of Taoyuan City Government last year, they received "due to the impact of the declining birth rate, it will not affect Under the premise of students' learning, let the school space be fully utilized, and benefit the school alumni. The school takes into account the safety of teachers and students, and limits its loading or shipping time at noon, lunch break and after school to reduce entry and exit to maintain the safety of personnel in the school", " We will notify the school further and ask the school to handle it according to the regulations.” However, the teachers and students said that the problem has not been improved yet.

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The National Private Schools Union issued a statement today (5) in solidarity with the teachers and students of Guangqi High School. Chairman You Ronghui said that the school is an educational institution and accepts government subsidies. The use of all facilities should be in line with the purpose of education and public welfare. Prohibited items such as alcohol and alcohol are kept outside the campus.

You believes that the school has seriously violated the education profession and conscience, and also violated the regulations on prohibiting contraband from entering the campus. He called on the Education Bureau of Taoyuan City Government to supervise and improve as soon as possible, and punish the school according to the regulations, so as not to let the school become a wine cellar.

You Ronghui explained that the teacher of the school stated through the letter of petition that the business owner who borrowed the school site to store alcohol was suspected to be the son of the chairman of the school.

Yu believes that the Education Bureau of the Taoyuan City Government should investigate whether the school provides a fair and reasonable contract for storing alcohol and lending venues?

Is there any damage to the rights and interests of the school?

Does it comply with relevant regulations such as the "Ministry of Education's Principles for Promoting the Implementation of Real Estate Revitalization by School Foundations"?

Is the "real estate activation proceeds used for public purposes" in accordance with the regulations?

The school has been controversial in recent years. Last year, teachers and students complained that the current principal will take office in August 2020, causing many controversies. In addition to teachers selling cigarettes to students and illegally deducting teachers’ research fees, there are also lax enrollment and arbitrary dismissal Teachers, unfair assessment of teachers, and hiring unqualified teachers to teach, etc., have caused conflicts between labor and capital in the school.

In addition, many school activities were also deleted, sacrificing the rights and interests of teachers and students. At that time, more than 70% of the teachers and students wanted to change the principal, but the board of directors did not respond.

You Ronghui pointed out that the school’s teachers and students signed a petition last December to replace the principal but did not receive a response from the board of directors. Recently, there has been an outbreak of lending the campus space to provide operators with stockpiling alcohol. There are obvious problems with the school’s running situation. He calls on the Education Bureau of the Taoyuan City Government to respond to the incident. Schools should conduct special counseling evaluations, and at the same time, they should be submitted for consideration as early warning or special counseling schools in accordance with the private school exit regulations.

Chen Qing, a teacher and student of Taoyuan Guangqi High School, said that the school rented out the space for wine dealers to store a large amount of wine, turning the school into a wine cellar.

(Provided by the National Private Schools Union)