On the morning of October 9, Ms. Carmen sent her daughter to the "kindergarten" at No. 290 Jianguo West Road, Xuhui District, as usual. When she and her daughter arrived at the "kindergarten", they saw many teachers standing outside the kindergarten, and then they knew that the person in charge of the "kindergarten" was nowhere to be found. Because there was no money in the school account, the teachers had not been paid for some time and decided not to stick to the classes.
Ms. Zhu, a parent, told reporters that the childcare institution, which charges up to 18,000 yuan per month, is called "Apple Montessori Nursery School (Xuhui Campus)", and the name of the industrial and commercial registration is "Shanghai Xuhui Mengxi Childcare Co., Ltd." (hereinafter referred to as "Menghui Childcare"). This is a bilingual "kindergarten" that can enroll foreign students, and Shenhua Football Club confirmed to the reporter of "Lao Ye Bizhen" that the children of four foreign players have also been affected by this.
Before the shutdown, some parents had just paid more than 100,000 yuan
Ms. Carmen used to be a teacher at a bilingual school in Shanghai. Through a friend's introduction, she sent her daughter to this childcare institution, but her daughter only attended classes at "Mengxi Nursery" for one month and one day.
The head of the institution at the time told me that if I paid the tuition fee for one year in one lump sum, there would be a small discount. I was a little uneasy because I knew that their Pudong campus was closed. The person in charge told me that after the closure of the Pudong campus, all the accounts of the institution were clean, and there were no debts and no financial problems. So I paid my daughter's tuition for one academic year, a total of 130,000 yuan. However, a week after signing the contract, the director resigned, and everything started to go bad. Teachers were not paid, and management began to resign one after another. ”
On October 9, when Ms. Carmen dropped off her daughter at school, she saw many teachers and parents gathered at the door, and she realized that the former head of the institution was missing. The teachers said they hadn't been paid for months, and the boss not only didn't show up, but also blocked them.
At this time, Carmen and the other parents also found out that they were also blocked by the kindergarten, and all the parents were at a loss.
Ms. Carmen said she lost nine months of school fees, totaling $117,000.
A manager who left the company before this summer and is still owed wages told reporters that when she left, the institution had more than 90 children in six classes, and at the most there were more than 100 children, of which more than 10 were transferred from the Pudong campus and were inserted into different classes, "They all left after consuming the class fees."
Parents told reporters that before the shutdown on October 9, there were still three classes left for the children in Mengxi's care. After the incident, the relevant person in charge of the childcare service center of the Xuhui District Education Bureau came to register the information of the students.
On October 12, Shenhua Football Club confirmed to the reporter of "Lao Ye True" that the children of 4 foreign players in the club were also affected by the suspension of "Dream Nursery", and the club's legal department has now intervened.
The whiteboard at the door of "Mengyu Childcare" reads the message "The boss is in arrears of wages".
There were two letters of resignation on the table
Some parents told reporters that the cause of the incident was that on the morning of October 9, after the teachers came to the school, they found that one of the management personnel in charge of enrollment and another in charge of finance of the institution had suddenly left, and "there were two resignation letters on the table."
Because the teachers have not been paid for a long time, they feel that there is no hope of continuing to persevere.
A teacher who has left her job told reporters that she left her job at the end of April this year, and she is still owed the salary of the month of her resignation, as well as a total of 4 months of social security from January to April 2024, and the provident fund from September 2023 to April 2024 has not been paid, and the personal income tax has not been paid. Among them, the part of social security, provident fund and individual income tax that workers need to bear has been deducted from their wages.
A teacher who quit her job not long ago said that many teachers are like her, and they are still persevering without receiving a salary because they love their profession and love their children.
Mr. Wang, a parent, said that in March this year, on his daughter's first day of school, he met parents, suppliers and teachers who had left the school to ask for salary.
Ms. Zhu, a parent, also said that her family knows more about this institution because she has two children who have been enrolled in the nursery here. In February this year, after the closure of the Pudong campus, the Xuhui campus suddenly transferred a lot of children, about 20 students in a class.
We were also worried that the boss was asked to come out and explain the situation by strongly requesting a parent-teacher conference. What she meant was that the Pudong campus would certainly not affect the Puxi campus. She sold a house to make up for all the losses on the Pudong campus. Because the owner was more friendly, we took her word for it at the time. But it didn't take long for me to hear that several teachers had quit their jobs because they couldn't get paid. ”
At the end of April this year, the parent learned that the teachers' salaries could not be paid again, and she was upset for the teachers: "I remember that before May Day, I rushed to the kindergarten office. At that time, the boss was still having a meeting with the teachers, and I went in and said, don't have a meeting, do you want to open this 'kindergarten'? Why aren't employees paid? After May Day, I sent my child, and you closed the park, what should I do with my child? At that time, I was quite angry, and the principal had to promise to pay the teachers' salaries. ”
On October 8, the last day of the normal operation of the "kindergarten", when school was over, four foreign aides from the Shenhua team came to pick up the children, and she also asked the four of them to sign on one of her fans.
Because I was originally a fan of Shenhua, my daughter was in the same class as the children of two of the foreign players. I think if you see a star for the first time, you ask them to sign autographs, take a group photo, and after two or three times, everyone meets like normal friends and just says hello to each other. These 4 Shenhua foreign aides are very conscientious to the children and always pick them up and drop them off by themselves. But this teacher, as a front desk worker, I believe that in a month, she can meet these players at least 20 times, why did she ask for four autographs on October 8th? I talked to one of the players about it afterwards and he felt the same way I did, that before the shutdown, the admissions teacher wanted to get another souvenir. ”
Affiliated enterprises still "survive" after the suspension of Mengxi childcare
According to public information, Shanghai Xuhui Mengxi Childcare Co., Ltd. was established in September 2018, with a registered capital of 500,000 yuan, and its business scope is "childcare services (full-time)", with 57 legal proceedings and 19 business risk warnings, including 14 debt and creditor's rights risks, and it will also be announced once in July 2023 for owing individual income tax.
The reporter noticed that Wang Yingying, the legal representative of the company, is also the actual controller of Shanghai Aiwei Education Technology Co., Ltd. At the same time, Wang Yingying also serves as the executive director of Shanghai Changkang Health Management Co., Ltd. and the chairman of Shanghai Changwei Education Technology Co., Ltd. Among them, Shanghai Yanwei Education Technology Co., Ltd. was filed by the Pudong New Area Court for 41,000 yuan on October 11, 2024. At present, the industrial and commercial information of the above-mentioned enterprises is still shown as "existing".
However, the industrial and commercial information of Shanghai Pudong New Area Aiwei Nursery Education Co., Ltd., of which Wang Yingying is the executive director and general manager, is currently shown as "closed".
According to the phone number on the industrial and commercial information, the reporter tried to contact the company and other affiliated companies, but the phone could not be connected.
According to public information, Wang Yingying serves as the legal representative of several companies
Competent authorities: There are problems with the enrollment and fees of "Dream Nursery".
On October 9, after the suspension of "Mengxi Childcare", the Childcare Service Center of the Xuhui District Education Bureau sent staff to the site to register the information of the students. The person in charge said that according to the "Shanghai Municipal Measures for the Administration of Childcare Institutions", childcare institutions should charge childcare service fees on a monthly basis, and stipulate that only children under the age of 3 can be enrolled, and children of middle and large classes are not enrolled. As a result, there are certain problems with the way this childcare institution recruits students and fees are charged.
The childcare service center said that in response to the sudden situation of the cessation of operation of "Mengxi Childcare", in addition to counting the remaining tuition fees of each student, they are also actively coordinating the transfer plan.