Hwacheon-gun "Selection of Autonomous Public High School for Military Children... Residential Population Expected to Increase Significantly"

Announcement of 'Hwacheon High School' Selection Results on the 15th Raises Local Expectations
Hwacheon High School to Open with 8 Classes per Grade Starting March 2029 After New Building Completion
Hwacheon County: "We Will Actively Improve Living Conditions to Encourage Military Families to Move In"

Hwacheon High School, located in Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province (Governor Choi Moon-soon), was conditionally selected on the 15th by the Ministry of Education as an autonomous public high school recruiting children of military personnel. On the 16th, Hwacheon-gun announced that it will actively work to improve living conditions to attract military families and increase the resident population.

On the 15th, a view of Hwacheon High School in Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province, conditionally designated by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of National Defense as a recruitment-type autonomous public high school for children of military personnel. Hwacheon High School is scheduled to open in March 2029 after reconstruction.

The autonomous public high school recruiting children of military personnel, conditionally selected on the 15th, recruits military children nationwide and develops and operates curricula and programs reflecting their characteristics and needs. Following this conditional selection, Hwacheon High School plans to relocate and rebuild the current school by 2028 and reopen in March 2029.

The newly opened Hwacheon High School will be able to recruit students nationwide beyond the local area and operate specialized curricula desired by parents.

About 150 students graduate from middle schools in the Hwacheon area annually. Notably, since 2019, the number of students entering local high schools has exceeded the number of middle school graduates each year. In this situation, if Hwacheon High School reopens as an autonomous public school in March 2029, the number of new high school students in the region is expected to increase explosively beyond the current level.

On the 15th, Hwacheon High School in Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province, conditionally designated as a recruitment-type autonomous public high school for children of military personnel by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of National Defense. Hwacheon High School is scheduled to open in March 2029 after reconstruction.

Currently, Hwacheon High School has three classes per grade, totaling nine classes, with about 200 students enrolled. However, after the new building opens in March 2029, the school will expand significantly to eight classes per grade, totaling 24 classes. The number of students is expected to exceed the current 200, reaching up to 176 students per grade and a total of 528 students school-wide.

It is also expected that the number of military families moving to the Hwacheon area with their children will increase. The various scholarship programs, overseas backpacking and language study trips, full-day elementary care services, and expert career and college counseling offices provided by the autonomous public high school for military children offer top-level educational support nationwide, making it an attractive benefit not only for high school students but also for military families with elementary and middle school children.

Additionally, the housing supply projects that Hwacheon-gun has been focusing on since the 8th local government administration are expected to alleviate housing concerns for military families. Hwacheon-gun is currently developing public rental housing throughout the region and preparing residential sites where country houses can be built.

Moreover, the Ministry of National Defense is actively promoting the construction of military apartments, including a 586-unit, 14-story officer dormitory complex in the Sang-ri area of Hwacheon-eup.

Choi Moon-soon, Governor of Hwacheon-gun, stated, “With the opening of Hwacheon High School in 2029, we will do our best to improve living conditions so that more military families can establish their homes in Hwacheon.”