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SFUSD board approves one-year extension of JROTC after heated public comment
Summary
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted to amend and adopt a resolution extending JROTC for the 2008–2009 school year while a task force develops non‑military alternatives. The decision followed more than an hour of public comment from students, educators and anti‑war activists and passed by recorded roll call.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted to extend the district's Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program for one year, adopting an amended resolution that allows schools to offer JROTC as an elective for the 2008–2009 school year.
The amendment — debated after more than an hour of public testimony — was intended to preserve existing student credits and give a board-appointed task force additional time to develop and pilot alternative, non‑military leadership programs. The board recorded votes during a roll-call: the amendment passed in the first vote and the resolution as amended was announced as approved by the board.
Why it mattered: supporters said a continuation would prevent disruption to…
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