A residential area in Vinh Nguyen ward, Nha Trang city, the location of Vinh Nguyen 1 Primary School - Photo: PHAN SONG NGAN
On the evening of May 28, Mr. Cao Dinh Trung - Head of the Department of Education and Training of Nha Trang City (Khanh Hoa Province) - said that after reviewing the feedback from parents of students at Vinh Nguyen 1 Primary School, the department worked and directed the principal to continue to stabilize the boarding work until the end of the current school year.
Disagree with "shuffling classes" because of not eating at school
Parents of Vinh Nguyen 1 Primary School reported on May 16 that many parents disagreed with the school's announcement requesting students to register for boarding meals in the next school year (2025-2026).
According to the announcement, the school will rearrange classes according to the registration for boarding meals. Students who do not have boarding meals will have to change and move into the same class; once the school has finished rearranging classes, it will not allow any more changes or transfers.
Students who register for lunch are required to stay at school at noon and cannot go home like before.
Most parents expressed their wish that the school not force students to change classes because of whether or not they registered for meals at school.
Because students in each class have learned and become familiar with the classroom's rules and regulations over the years.
If there is disruption or class change, it will affect the students' learning habits, emotions and psychology.
According to parents, having students who eat at the boarding school and those who do not eat at the boarding school in a class does not affect the teaching and learning of the school, so they suggest keeping the classes stable as in previous school years.
It is unreasonable to require boarding students to stay at school at noon. There are families living near the school, and for a long time, parents have registered their children to eat at school and then pick them up so that they can sleep at home for convenience and to ensure their health. This also creates more open space for other students to stay and sleep at school.
Parents suggested that "the change in arrangement only applies to first graders from the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. As for students in grades 2, 3, 4, and 5, it will not cause psychological disturbance for students who are familiar with their friends and classes."
Boarding school reorganization plan, contract with business of new principal
According to the Departmentof Education and Training of Nha Trang City, Ms. Le Thi Thanh Huong - former principal of Phuoc Dong Primary School (in Phuoc Dong Commune, Nha Trang City) - has just become principal of Vinh Nguyen 1 Primary School from May 2025.
As soon as she arrived at the new school, Ms. Huong noticed that: the school's semi-boarding kitchen was very small, the facilities did not ensure a one-way kitchen, the students had to eat semi-boarding in winter (more than 600 students); the number of students eating semi-boarding between classes was uneven; some students asked to go home to sleep after lunch, which did not ensure student management during that time.
From there, Ms. Huong organized a consultation with parents about registering for boarding meals for the next school year with the following options: If many students register, a contract will be signed with a company to organize boarding. If few students register, the arrangement will be made by class, if many students register, it will remain the same.
At the same time, the new principal also directed "parents to write a commitment to take responsibility for ensuring the safety of students during that time if they finish eating and go home at noon."
However, according to the Department of Education and Training of Nha Trang City, the school only solicited opinions to develop a boarding plan for the next school year; there has been no change in the rearrangement of boarding students.
The Department of Education and Training has directed the principal of Vinh Nguyen 1 Primary School to continue to stabilize as stated above.
As for changing the boarding school model from the next school year, "it must have the agreement and consent of parents, based on the actual situation and ensuring the safety and health of students".
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/phu-huynh-o-nha-trang-phan-ung-voi-ke-hoach-xao-lop-neu-khong-an-ban-tru-tai-truong-20250528205029942.htm
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