Because the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program uses high schools to glorify violence and guns rather than teach nonviolent conflict resolution. JROTC training encourages hazing and is linked to at least four murders nationwide.

Because JROTC teaches unquestioning obedience instead of critical thinking;

Because the JROTC curriculum is controlled by the military with no local oversight;

Because JROTC's textbooks promote bigotry, including praise for "wiping out" Native-Americans;

Because JROTC is a discriminatory program which excludes people with disabilities, lesbians, gays, and bisexuals from teaching; and designates students with disabilities, and non-citizens as second-class, "special," participants;

Because the School Board should not be spending tens-of-thousands of local education tax dollars to subsidize the U.S. military;

And because JROTC is a recruiting program designed to attract youth from low-income communities and communities of color to fight the next war;

We, as students, parents, teachers, veterans, community members, and supporters of public education, call for the elimination of JROTC from our Schools.

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For more info: Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors,
655 Sutter #514, S.F. CA 94102, 800-NO-JROTC