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SF school board directs staff to develop ‘SERVE’ emergency-response curriculum after heated JROTC debate
Summary
After hours of public testimony from students, alumni and parents defending Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC), the San Francisco Unified School District board voted to ask the superintendent to develop a new Student Emergency Response Volunteers (SERVE) leadership curriculum and return implementation cost estimates to the budget committee within three months.
The San Francisco Unified School District board voted to ask the superintendent to develop a student leadership curriculum called SERVE (Student Emergency Response Volunteers), which would train students in emergency preparedness, advanced first aid and community outreach.
The decision came after an extended public-comment period in which dozens of students, parents, alumni and community members urged the board to retain the district's JROTC program and criticized framing SERVE as a replacement. Students and alumni described JROTC's role teaching CPR, first aid and leadership and gave concrete examples of cadets assisting in emergencies and registering residents for the…
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