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Board votes to keep Meadowdale JROTC in place for 2025–26, refers broader plan to curriculum committee
Summary
After more than an hour of public comment and board discussion, the Dayton City School District board voted 6–1 to not relocate the Meadowdale Jrotc program to Dunbar for the 2025–26 school year and directed staff to pursue the issue further with the School Programming and Curriculum Committee.
The Dayton City School District Board of Education voted 6–1 on March 18 to keep the Army Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program at Meadowdale Career Technology Center for the 2025–26 school year and to refer broader planning about the program’s location and expansion to the School Programming and Curriculum Committee.
The decision came after more than a dozen students, parents and instructors spoke during public comment, describing the program’s benefits and warning that moving it to Dunbar High School would remove training space and equipment Meadowdale currently provides. "If you move our program to a facility that lacks the space, equipment, and resources we currently have, it will limit what our cadets can accomplish," said Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Wadsworth, who identified himself as a Meadowdale cadet and urged the board to keep the program in place.
Why it matters: Several speakers said JROTC provides students with…
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