Parents and the local township representative have reacted sharply to the news. Yuguang PTA chairman Liu Chih-shih brought his two children back to Yuguang from Taipei because he approved of the school's educational philosophy. Now, alarmed and reluctant to see the school closed, he says, "Pinglin's population has been moving away.
消息傳來，地方鄉鎮代表與家長強烈反彈，當初因為認同漁光辦學理念而特別將兩位子女從台北送回漁光就學的家長會長劉智石更是錯愕與不捨：「坪林人口逐年外移，如今學校沒有了，年輕人就更不願意回鄉定居了。」