"A few days ago, I was still collecting tuition, but I suddenly said that the park would be closed." Parents of Xi'an Olympic Sports Kindergarten could not have imagined that this year's new semester began with rights protection and fee collection.
On February 25th, the parents of the students of the Olympic Sports Kindergarten had just paid more than 10,000 yuan for tuition, meals, school uniforms, etc., but when the students were out of school on February 28, the teacher issued a notice, saying that the kindergarten would be temporarily closed from February 29, so that parents could find their own way to transfer to the park.
On the issue of refund, the kindergarten said that it would register first and then deal with it.
A notice issued by the kindergarten circulated on the Internet, which showed that there was an economic dispute between the owner of the house where the kindergarten was located, the "Xi'an Shooting and Archery Sports Management Center", and the cooperative development of "Shaanxi Wanhe Real Estate*** Xi'an Mingzhou Industry".
At the beginning of the construction, the kindergarten investor did not know the truth and invested heavily to open the school as planned. The reason for the sudden closure of the kindergarten this time is that the Xi'an Shooting and Archery Sports Management Center unilaterally cut off the power of the kindergarten**.
For this reason, the park tried to communicate with the request to restore the power supply, but was refused. The kindergarten once chose to rent a power generation vehicle to generate electricity, but the power generation vehicle could not bear the electricity load of the kindergarten, so it had to be temporarily closed.
At the end of the notice, the school said that it would assist with the transfer or withdrawal procedures, however, it did not mention the details of the refund.
On February 28, parents who received the news rushed to the kindergarten overnight to ask the kindergarten for an explanation.
After a sleepless night, the incident attracted attention on the Internet, and then waited for the official intervention the next day.
On February 29, under the on-site intervention and coordination of the Beilin District Education Bureau, the kindergarten arranged financial refunds to parents, and the relevant leaders said on the spot that "to ensure that each parent is refunded in full".
It is reported that Xi'an Olympic Sports Kindergarten is located along Jinhua Road in Beilin District, which is private and is the first sports kindergarten in Northwest China.
Some parents revealed that the kindergarten was founded by the Xi'an Shooting and Archery Sports Management Center, but the official show that it belongs to Shaanxi Olympic Sports Education Science and Technology
Previously, Xi'an Olympic Sports Kindergarten was also on the "leadership message board" for not following the regulations of the market supervision department and raising the food cost by 50% without authorization.
In the notice of closure, it seems that because of the economic dispute between the owner unit and the cooperative unit, the kindergarten is "innocently lying down", but many parents have questioned:
First, the kindergarten was cut off from power on January 26, but when the power supply problem was not solved, why did it still open its doors?
Second, the dispute between the kindergarten and the landlord has existed for a long time, but before the spring school starts, the kindergarten is required to pay all the fees at one time.
Third, if the situation is informed in advance, parents still have room to turn around, why don't kindergartens explain in advance and choose to notify overnight?
There is no doubt about the responsibility of the school for the above problems, and the more urgent question is where the children should go to school.
Some parents said that most of the surrounding kindergartens have been filled, and there are only a dozen places left, which is not enough to meet the enrollment needs of more than 100 children.
This means that the children of the Olympic Sports Kindergarten will either have no kindergarten to attend, or they will have to choose a kindergarten farther away, increasing the cost of transportation. At the same time, even if the child is too young to change to a new kindergarten, it is also an important question whether the child can adapt to the new environment immediately.
Pre-school education is the beginning of lifelong learning and an important part of the national education system. And the kindergarten that is closed obviously brings great distress and great insecurity to parents and children.
Does the kindergarten have the right to close without permission? Do I need to report for a shutdown? Why are problematic kindergartens not being effectively supervised? Why didn't the relevant departments find out in time? When will I be able to get a full refund of my tuition fees? How should children who do not have a kindergarten to go to make proper arrangements for the future?
In fact, in recent years, with the negative population growth, the total surplus of educational resources and other problems, many cities of private kindergartens have appeared "shutdown tide".
Respond to the impact of the decline in the number of births on such private kindergartensFor the relevant departments, not only to solve the current problem as soon as possible, but also through the "Olympic sports kindergarten closed after the tuition fee" incident, as soon as possible to carry out forward-looking planning, to avoid some private kindergartens due to the reduction of students, the capital chain is broken, there is a situation that has just finished recruiting students on the "suddenly" closed.
Relevant departments should be as soon as possible on the survival and development of private kindergartens, take the initiative to make a positive response, in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again.