BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18479994 SEQUENCE:18504720 CREATED:20080219T003100Z DESCRIPTION:"What are they recruiting for? \nMurder, rape, torture, war!"\n\nTHE NEXT MEETING OF JROTC MUST GO!\nTUESDAY, MARCH 4, 7:00 P.M.\nGLOBAL EXCHANGE\n2017 Mission St (@ 16th), San Francisco\nFor more information on how you can become involved contact:\nBonnie Weinstein, (415) 824-8730\nNancy Macias, (415) 255-7296 ext. 229\n\nSend a letter to the Board of Education\nJROTC MUST GO!\n\nPlease expand upon or send the letter below to the members of the \nSan Francisco Board of Education declaring:\n\nWe/I demand that the San Francisco school board phase\nout JROTC at the end of the current 2007-2008 school\nyear, as you voted to do in 2006.\n\nThe reasons for phasing out JROTC are laid out very\nclearly in the 2006 resolution.\n\nhttp://portal.sfusd.edu/data/board/pdf/memberreso/sanchez%20kelly%20sub%20motion%20jrotc%20to%20budget%2010%2018%2006.pdf\n(see below) \n\n"The SFUSD has restricted the activities of military\nrecruiters on our campuses...\n\n"JROTC is a program wholly created and administrated\nby the United States Department of Defense, whose\ndocuments and memoranda clearly identify JROTC as an\nimportant recruiting arm; and...\n\n"JROTC manifests the military's discrimination against\nLGBT people..."\n\nGiven the dangerous role that the U.S. military is\nplaying in the world today, and given the military's\nongoing discrimination against LGBT people, it would\nbe legally and morally repugnant for the school\ndistrict to continue to facilitate the military's\naccess to our students. \n\nSend letters to: (please send copies to Bonnie Weinstein at\ngiobon@comcast and Riva Enteen at riva187@yahoo.com\n\nMr. Norman Yee\nYeeN1@sfusd.edu\n\nHydra Mendoza \nMendozaH@sfusd.edu \n\nEric Mar, Esq. \nmare@sfusd.edu \n\nKim-Shree Maufas\nMaufasKS@sfusd.edu \n\nJane Kim \nkimj7@sfusd.edu\n\nMark Sanchez \nsanchezm5@sfusd.edu \n\nJill Wynn\nwynnj@sfusd.edu \n\nNorman Yee \nYeeN1@sfusd.edu\n\nSubstitute Motion , As Amended \nAdopted by the Board of Education at its Regular Meeting of November\n14, 2006.\n\nSubject: Resolution No. 65-23A1\n\nPHASING OUT THE JROTC PROGRAM\n\n- Mark Sanchez and Dan Kelly\n\nWHEREAS: The San Francisco Unified School District has banned\neducational partnerships with outside organizations that discriminate\nagainst any group based upon sexual orientation; and\n\nWHEREAS: Civilian control of the military, and restriction of military\ninvolvement in civilian affairs is a fundamental characteristic of a\nhealthy democracy; and\n\nWHEREAS: The San Francisco Unified School District has restricted the\nactivities of military recruiters on our campuses; and\n\nWHEREAS: The San Francisco Unified School District has adopted\nviolence prevention and conflict resolution strategies that promote\nnon-violent behavior; and\n\nWHEREAS: The San Francisco Unified School District requires that\nteachers of all academic courses be fully credentialed; and\n\nWHEREAS: JROTC is a program wholly created and administrated by the\nUnited States Department of Defense, whose documents and memoranda\nclearly identify JROTC as an important recruiting arm; and\n\nWHEREAS: No other potential employer or recruiter is given such a high\nprofile, nor such extensive contact with students; and\n\nWHEREAS: JROTC instructors are not certificated teachers, and may not\neven possess a college degree of any kind; and\n\nWHEREAS: The San Francisco Unified School District share of JROTC\nsalaries is provided from central budget, while regular PE teachers\nare charged against each school's site-based budget; and\n\nWHEREAS: JROTC manifests the military's discrimination against LGBT\npeople by offering non-LGBT students preferential enlistment options; and\n\nWHEREAS: JROTC is one of the largest after school activities at some\nHigh Schools; and\n\nWHEREAS: The Board of Education has received extensive testimony that\nJROTC promotes self-esteem, community service, and academic and\nleadership skills; and\n\nWHEREAS: Many other student extra-curricular activities also develop\nself-esteem, academic and leadership skills, and a commitment to\nservice; and\n\nWHEREAS: The California Education Code permits, and some SFUSD schools\nallow, students to receive PE credit for sports participation,\nindependent study, or other classes deemed equivalent.\n\nTherefore Be It Resolved: The Board of Education finds that\ncredentialing requirements for academic instructors and courses are\nnot met by the JROTC, except where specifically allowable as a\nsubstitute for Physical Education; and\n\nBe it Further Resolved: The Board of Education finds that JROTC\nprograms on campus constitute a form of military recruitment and are\nin violation of our policy governing fair access for recruiters on\ncampuses; and\n\nBe it Further Resolved: The Board of Education finds that the JROTC\nprogram violates our anti discrimination policies with regard to LGBT\nstudents and adults; and\n\nBe it Further Resolved: The Board of Education finds that the funding\nmechanism of the JROTC creates inequities between High Schools in\nSFUSD; and\n\nBe it Further Resolved: The Board of Education finds that the JROTC is\nan inappropriate extension of the nation's military into the civilian\nsphere; and\n\nBe it Further Resolved: The Board of Education hereby begins a\ntwo-year phase out of all JROTC programs in the SFUSD resulting in no\nJROTC classes in the 2008-2009 school year and beyond; and\n\nBe it Further Resolved: No new JROTC units or programs may be\ninitiated at any SFUSD schools, effective immediately; and\n\nBe it Further Resolved: That SFUSD staff shall not direct or require\nthat students enroll in JROTC as an alternative to PE, or for any\nother reason; and\n\nBe it Further Resolved: The Board of Education will grant PE credits\nfor sports participation, independent study, and other courses deemed\nappropriate, and requests staff to provide guidelines for Board\napproval by the first meeting in January 2007; and\n\nBe It Further Resolved: That the Board of Education calls for the\ncreation of a special task force to develop alternative, creative,\ncareer driven programs with the elements of the existing JROTC program\nthat students have indicated important to them, which then will\nprovide students with a greater sense of purpose and respect for self\nand humankind; and \n\nBe It Further Resolved: That any new programs being implemented\nbeginning academic year 2007-08 are evaluated before the end of the\nschool year to test student satisfaction.\n\n11/14/06\n\nPlease Note:\n\nTaken up by the Curriculum and Program Committee on August 23, 2006.\nSubstitute motion accepted by general consent of the Committee.\nSubstitute Motion forwarded to the Board with a positive\nrecommendation from Committee, and to be taken up for action at the\nSeptember 12, 2006 Regular Board Meeting by a vote of 2 ayes (Mar and\nKelly), and 1 nay (Lipson).\n\nTaken up by the Budget and Business Services Committee on 10/18/06.\nSubstitute motion, as amended, forwarded to the Board with a positive\nrecommendation (2 ayes, l nay (Wynns) ). The Budget and Business\nServices Committee recommends to the Board that the intention of the\noriginal motion to develop an alternative program be addressed.\n\nSubstitute motion amended and adopted on 11/14/06.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/18/18479994.php SUMMARY:JROTC Must Go! Meeting LOCATION:TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 7:00 P.M.\nGLOBAL EXCHANGE\n2017 Mission St (@ 16th), San Francisco URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/18/18479994.php DTSTART:20080305T030000Z DTEND:20080305T043000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR