Elementary school girl injured while avoiding kissing prank, parents lose lawsuit
Quick Look
In relation to an incident at Cheongju Elementary School where a boy tried to kiss a girl and the girl suffered a lip injury after hitting a steel pillar while avoiding the boy, the parent of a boy who was subject to school violence filed a lawsuit against the Office of Education, but the court ruled that the plaintiff lost.
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Why It Matters
According to the School Violence Prevention Act, a written apology is the lightest of the nine steps that can be taken against an offending student, and this incident is a case in which an attempt at physical contact between elementary school students was recognized as school violence.
(Cheongju = Yonhap News) Reporter Seongmin Lee = In relation to an incident in which a female student was injured after colliding with a structure while trying to avoid a male student trying to kiss her at an elementary school, the parents of a student who was subject to school violence filed a lawsuit against the decision, but lost.
According to the legal community on the 4th, Cheongju District Court's Administrative Division 1 (Chief Judge Kim Seong-ryul) ruled that the plaintiff lost in the lawsuit filed by the parents of Group A against the superintendent of the Eumseong Education Support Office to cancel the school violence disposition.
At around 2:40 pm on March 17th last year, Mr. A approached his classmate, Ms. B, with his lips protruding from the front door of an elementary school classroom in Eumseong.
Ms. B tried to avoid this and hit a nearby iron pillar, injuring her lip.
The School Violence Review Committee, which was held following a report from B's parents, deemed this issue to be school violence and issued a written apology to A.
According to the School Violence Prevention Act, a written apology is the lightest of the nine steps that can be taken against an offending student.
Group A's parents argued at the trial that the elementary school students' statements could not be trusted as is and that there was no data to support their claims, but the court did not accept it.
Chief Judge Kim ruled, "The children's statements about the incident are consistent and specific, and the parents of Group A also admitted to the School Violence Investigation Committee that the incident occurred."
The ruling continued, "It appears that the plaintiff committed this act with the intention of picking on the victim. Given that the plaintiff appears to have received a basic level of education on the concept of sex and has also achieved some degree of cognitive development regarding social relationships and meanings, he must have vaguely recognized that this act may cause discomfort to the other person in a different way from the general exercise of tangible power."
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
There is a possibility that the standards for determining school violence for similar incidents will become more stringent.
Possible · Within months
Open Questions
- What is the specific age of Group A?
- What was the extent of Miss B's lip injury and the treatment process?
- What are the specific discussions of the School Violence Measures Review Committee?
