Elementary school principal accused of constant sexual harassment
By Nathan Schwartzman Jul 24, 2010 12:19PM UTCOriginal Korean article is here. Is any reader by chance working at this school?
By the way, paragraph four almost seems to belong to a different article.
Education authorities have confirmed that teachers at an elementary school in Uijeongbu filed a petition saying that , “the principal is constanly making sexually derogatory remarks to teachers and degrading their physical appearances.”
On the 23rd the Gyeonggi-do Office of Education announced that the Uijeongbu Office of Education “has confirmed that on the 15th 28 teachers at elementary school ‘K’ filed a petition with the National Human Rights Commission regarding the incidents and the NHRC forwarded the petition to the city office of education.”
The petition alleges that during the first semester principal “L”, who joined elementary school “K” in March of this year, sexually harassed the teachers and insulted their credentials. The teachers wrote in the petition that, “principal L uses his official position to say to the female teachers such things as ‘you’re a virgin right, not pregnant’, ‘you’re so wrinkled’,'you’re not my type’, ‘you’re a bitch’, ‘you can’t sit on my lap’, and ‘who wants to come suck my lips.’
Parents’ organizations such as Korean Green Mothers (녹색어머니회) are involved and education superintendant Kim Sang-gon that, “this principal must be brought under control… if I am re-elected you can feed your children more and make more money,” the petition says. He added that he will create training sessions for teachers to mix socially and use a casino in Gangwon-do for the location and require teachers who refuse to attend to provide a reason.
The city and provincial offices of education opened an investigation of the situation on the 20th to determine the true relationship between the principal and the teachers. An official with the city office said, “the investigation will take statements from the teacher who put in the petition, the principal, and others to determine the truth… although late in coming, it appears the basics of the investigation will be completed by the beginning of next week.”



