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Taichung School Playground Still Under Construction on Opening Day, but Principal Says Students Will Stay Out of the Mud

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Wen Shan Junior High School in Taichung opened with classrooms completed, while its playground, sports courts, a street wall and main gate remained under construction.
  • Officials said students entered through a walkway separated from the work zone and reached their classrooms safely.
  • The new school opened with six classes and 180 students in Nantun District.

Wen Shan Junior High School in Taichung opened for its first school day while its playground, sports courts, street wall and even main gate were still being built.

Students entered the campus along a walkway and did not step into the mud, according to the school and city officials. Taichung Education Bureau Director Chiang Wei-min visited the site after a city councillor criticized the campus as resembling a construction site.

The school began operating with six classes and 180 students. Its first phase includes 18 classrooms and was built to serve the growing population of Nantun District’s Xixi area.

Principal Chang Tsang-han said fences separated students from the construction zone and kept the route safe. He said only he and the head of general affairs had stepped into the mud.

The campus is like a construction site.

— Ho Wen-haiThe Taichung city councillor criticized the school’s unfinished facilities on opening day.
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