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Colonel Cortez and Sgt. Long outline growth and student opportunities in Army JROTC
Summary
Presenters said the Army JROTC program expanded since its first year and emphasized leadership development, daily physical training that replaces PE, community service requirements, and extracurricular competition opportunities including JLab and Raiders.
Colonel (ret.) Javier Cortez and Sergeant 1st Class Long (ret.) told the board the Army JROTC program focuses on leadership and citizenship and has expanded enrollment since its start. "This is our 2nd year of existence. Our 1st year we started off with 33 cadets," Cortez said while describing the program's growth and projected caps as enrollment increases; presenters projected further growth to roughly 100–120 cadets next year based on current outreach.
The presenters described program structure: cadets attend a 43-minute class and daily physical training (PT) that replaces traditional PE, and instructors run multi-level coursework (led 1–4). They said cadets must complete a minimum of 20 community-service hours (some log 100+), and highlighted extracurriculars including drill/ceremony, Raiders, JLab (Leadership and Academic Bowl) and the Cadet Leadership Challenge (JCLC). "We see our student cadets twice a day...one is for class, just like a normal 43 minute class," Cortez explained. Board members thanked the presenters and asked for details on scheduling and capacity; presenters said two instructors currently staff the program and the board would need to consider hiring additional instructors if enrollment met certain thresholds.
