Comments on: ROK Drop Reader Speaks Out About DOD Schools in Korea

By: kwandongbrian

kwandongbrian — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:07:55 +0000

guitard@19

I was more interested in complaints about too many Korean children at the schools on the one hand and plans to invite more Korean children on the other. It is a strange juxtaposition.

Oh, and I missed that part.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:02:19 +0000

What about the USFK allowing Korean national children into the new Camp Humphrey School..? Who approved this? this is illegal..Are we here to educate the Korean children? What kind of a scam is this YET AGAIN against the American Citizens–CONTACT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND YOUR 2 SENATORS AND cONGRESSMAN now…WE NEED A CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO TGHIS FILTHY SCHOOL ISSUE HERE IN KOREA? ps: how much did the korean government pay the usfk officials? i would love to see the amounts deposited into their bvamk accounts!

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:09:28 +0000

Thanks for the link Brian. I have left a posting on this here: http://rokdrop.com/2009/02/27/usfk-looking-to-enr...

By: JoeC

JoeC — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:54:37 +0000

The article also points out:

Regarding “waiver documents'' that DoD schools claim the Korean government issued for the enrollment of Korean children, ministry officials said the documents might have been fabricated by adoption brokers.

If this is true, wouldn't it be Human Trafficking?

By: guitard

guitard — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:26:06 +0000

KwangdongBrian: Any particular reason why you didn't include the following in your post?

In return for enrollment of Korean students at the base schools that will adopt the American education curriculum, the Korean government was asked to share a certain amount of the cost involved in building the schools.

By: kwandongbrian

kwandongbrian — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:07:44 +0000

My comment is very late, but shows a strange turn of events: General Walter Sharp has asked to allow Koreans to attend USFK schools. "The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) made an official proposal to the Korean education ministry Thursday to allow Korean students to attend schools at its camp in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province." http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/...

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:17:40 +0000

I left Pelham late in 94, so it was around that time. Garry Owen was closed and moved to Pelham. It had the 50th Engr Co, 4/7 Cav, an MP Platoon, it was small, but it had some great times.

By: Unsatisfied LG DACOM

Unsatisfied LG DACOM — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:29:31 +0000

When was Camp Pelham renamed Camp Garry Owen? I'd never heard of Pelham until the posting of this comment. I had to Google it.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:39:43 +0000

Question, I know what you're saying, and I tried my best to convey to Mr. Kang that it was the Child Development Center rather than DoDDS Kindergarten that we tried to get my daughter into. Sorry if the article portrays a different angle.

By: guitard

guitard — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:56:41 +0000

So my co-worker here in Korea, who married a German woman who has two kids, both of whom of course are German citizens – you're saying even though he's command sponsored, his kids don't have as much of a right to attend school on base as command sponsored kids who are US citizens?

I say you're wrong.