The reporter learned that Beijing Xindongfang Yangzhou Foreign Language School is a complete 12-year school, from elementary school to high school. This donation involves six grades of the elementary school department, with ten classes per grade, a total of 60 classes, and 35 students per class. According to the most conservative estimate, each class donates 5000 yuan at a time, so the school can earn more than 300,000 yuan in income.
Subsequently, the reporter went to the school and found Yao Jinghai, who is responsible for external publicity. Teacher Yao told the reporter that this was not a donation, but part of the school's "Challenge, Dedication" plan. It was after the children completed their challenge goals and then made efforts and strived for themselves, dedicating a love to the school because the money was equivalent to being donated by the students. Teacher Yao detailed to the reporter the contents of the school's "Challenge, Dedication" plan. The theme of dedication for the students this year was to renovate the playground of the elementary school department. Teacher Yao also stated that the participation of students in the "Challenge, Dedication" plan was voluntary, and the amount of donation was also voluntary.
It seems that the students' donations were not as voluntary as what Teacher Yao said. The reporter again found the school, and Chen Xiangyue, the head of the elementary school department, took out an initiative letter for the school's challenge dedication activity at that time. It indeed stated "entirely voluntary". However, the reporter found that on the initiative letter, in the table of dedication goals, it clearly wrote "the school only accepts cash donations, converting physical objects into monetary donations, such as 100 yuan per square meter of grass, 1000 yuan per tree, 10,000 yuan per hundred meters of track, 50,000 yuan per basketball court, and 100,000 yuan per football field." There was no upper limit for donations. Director Chen repeatedly emphasized that this donation was not only aimed at students, all teachers and management personnel of the elementary school department also made donations. (According to Jiangsu Education Television Station's "Live Jiangsu")
Is it really voluntary? The reporter came to several classes, where students were still taking a nap. When the reporter asked if there was a donation plan in the class, the students unanimously told us that there was indeed a donation plan, and the teacher had set a dedication goal, requiring the donation amount to be ranked in the top five of the grade. Sixth-grade students told the reporter that not only did the students have to donate, but the teachers also had to donate, and the donation targets reported by the students greatly exceeded the reporter's expectations. Some students told the reporter that some classes set excessively high goals, unable to complete the tasks, and the teacher even organized multiple rounds of donations, not stopping until the goal was reached.
China Jiangsu Network, February 2nd (Shen Wei, Xu Ming, Zong Jiangsheng) - Recently, a parent of Beijing Xindongfang Yangzhou Foreign Language School reported to the reporter that the school required students to donate money in order to build the elementary school playground, and the amount was huge. The other day, the reporter came to the gate of Beijing Xindongfang Yangzhou Foreign Language School and met a student's parent. She told the reporter that the school's donation activity was only aimed at elementary school students, and her child happened to be studying in the fifth grade of the elementary school department, so she also donated 100 yuan to her child.
This parent told the reporter that when the child brought the notice home, it clearly stated that the money would be used for the school's renovation of the playground, and the various projects of the playground renovation were priced openly. As parents, they thought such donations were inappropriate. The parent told the reporter that Beijing Xindongfang Yangzhou Foreign Language School is a private school with very high tuition fees. Each semester, the tuition fee, accommodation fee, and meal fee add up to 10,000 yuan. However, what made the parents uncomfortable was that many children returned home and asked their parents to donate as much as possible, and even told their parents that there was a task in the class, and a certain amount of donation must be reached to complete the task. Although the target amount was different for each class, it was at least 5,000 yuan or more, and some classes even exceeded 10,000 yuan. She personally saw students crying and making a fuss at the school gate in the morning, refusing to go to school unless given money.