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Residents ask U-46 to allow counter-recruitment tables in high schools, cite military risks and alternatives
Summary
Several Elgin-area residents and members of local peace groups urged the U-46 board to permit volunteers to table at high schools to present alternatives to military enlistment, citing AmeriCorps and reports of sexual harassment and assault in the military.
Several residents and members of local organizations used the public-comment period of the School District U-46 board meeting on April 14 to ask the district to allow volunteers to set up monthly tables at high schools to provide information about alternatives to military service.
Bettina Perillo, a resident of Elgin and member of Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren, said she wants a regular table at Elgin High School to present programs such as AmeriCorps, which she said offers a student stipend and service opportunities. Perillo told the board she had contacted Elgin High School administrators and had not received…
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