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Hundreds of speakers press San Francisco school board on JROTC after resolution withdrawn
Summary
After the board withdrew a proposed JROTC resolution, about 15 minutes of public comment were moved to the start of the Nov. 13 meeting. Speakers, including union leaders, veterans and students, sharply disagreed over whether JROTC is a recruitment arm of the military or an important student program.
San Francisco — The San Francisco Board of Education withdrew a proposed resolution on Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) at the start of its Nov. 13 meeting and opened the floor to public comment, prompting about an hour of testimony from students, parents, teachers, veterans and activists.
Dennis Kelly, president of the United Educators of San Francisco, told the board the district has not protected current JROTC instructors’ jobs or created credentials or reclassification to guarantee they would keep positions if the program were phased out. "There was a promise to our members that no one would lose a job because of this," Kelly said, and he warned that taking action during the winter break without a phase‑in plan…
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