Gyeonggi Office of Education dismisses class replacement retrial request from victims of 'Paju Yacharul school violence'

In response to the objection of “unfairness in the classroom with the perpetrator,” the Administrative Appeals Committee “justified the school violence committee’s decision”

(Suwon = Yonhap News) Reporter Youngjoo Lee = The victim of the 'Paju Elementary School Yacharul School Violence' incident was dissatisfied with the decision of the School Violence Review Committee (School Violence Committee) and requested a class change, requesting a retrial, but the request was dismissed.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education Administrative Appeals Committee announced on the 14th that it had dismissed a request for reconsideration of the decision of the Paju Office of Education School Violence Committee filed by school violence victim A on the 13th.

The Administrative Appeals Committee is said to have dismissed the case on the grounds that “taking into account the opinions of the claimant and the respondent, the original disposition (disposition by the Academic Violence Committee) is appropriate.”

The School Violence Committee imposed sanctions on the four perpetrators of Group A's incident, including a ban on contact, school volunteer work, community service, and special education for guardians.

Boy A was forced into a fight with four people, including his classmates and seniors, in the school gym last May. Yasha is a slang term that means a fight fought with bare fists, with both parties promising not to be held civilly or criminally liable.

A video of the assailants fighting was also filmed. It is known that Group A was diagnosed with injuries due to school violence.

Following a report from a parent of Group A, a school violence committee was held last June and disciplinary action was taken, but class changes were not actually made, resulting in a situation where the perpetrator and the victim were still in the same classroom.

Accordingly, Group A requested a class change and requested a retrial from the Administrative Appeals Committee, but it was not accepted.

An official from the Provincial Office of Education explained, “The Administrative Appeals Committee, comprised of 47 people, including the reporting attorney, made this decision after closely examining whether there was any violation of the law or abuse of authority in the process of deciding on the original disposition.”

If you are dissatisfied with the decision of the Provincial Office of Education Administrative Appeals Committee, you can file an administrative lawsuit against the original person who disposed of the decision (Paju Office of Education Superintendent).