As part of the first class of Orchid Island students affected by the nine-year compulsory education policy, she lived at school, owing to primitive transportation on the island.
因此九年國民義務教育實施之後，家長們的怨言自是無法避免。周雅雯就在抱怨聲中，成為蘭嶼國中第一屆的學生。由於學校位在椰油村，家在其他村落的學生，因交通不便必須住校。