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Mesquite ISD JROTC reports growth, STEM integration and $2.7M in cadet scholarships
Summary
The district’s Army Junior ROTC reported over 900 cadets, extensive community service, high accreditation scores across programs and increasing STEM emphasis during a Sept. 16 presentation. Staff said cadets received about $2.7 million in scholarships and logged roughly 18,000 service hours.
Mesquite ISD’s Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program reported strong participation, accreditation results and increasing emphasis on STEM activities when the program presented to the board on Sept. 16.
Lt. Col. Ernest Burton and program staff said the district’s JROTC enrolls over 900 cadets across six programs and that this year’s accreditation reviews earned exceptionally high results: all six programs scored above 98% on their most recent…
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