CPS Automatically Enrolled Students At Some West, South Side Schools Into JROTC, Watchdog Says. Now It Will Stop – Block Club Chicago

Principals tried to explain the process by saying they’d had trouble finding physical education teachers or had to cut them due to constraints on the budget, which meant students were put in JROTC instead of in the physical education class that should have been offered to them, according to the report.
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Wilton
2 years ago

It was all about the money, but it could have a positive effect. A little discipline and a curriculum that teaches kids how to work together would go a long way towards turning out some decent citizens instead of criminals. The kids would get this small part of their education from military vets who have been successful. They would be less likely to join the gangs. Just because a kid is in the program doesn’t mean the kid is committed to joining the military. It does show them that a life does not have to be the disaster that is… Read more »

The Paraclete
2 years ago

Follow the money. Does CPS get federal funding based on students enrolled in JROTC? Sounds like Covid deaths!$$$$.

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