COUNTERING MILITARY RECRUITMENT
Articles: Counter-Recruitment: General
Community fires first shot against military recruiters in schools
SandyPost.com
Aug 15, 2007
Members of the Oregon Trail School Board heard testimony from twoSandy residents who oppose military recruiters in schools at the
district's Monday, Aug. 13, board meeting.
Peter Wylie and Patty Caldwell called for the board to possibly ban
military recruiters, offer an opt-out form to prevent recruiters from
acquiring student information and provide equal access to
counter-recruitment information.
"We need to put the opt-out form in the hands of every student and
mail an opt-out form to every family in the district," Wylie said.
"Or you could just not let recruiters into the high school at all. In
times like these we don't need our children to be sucked into a war
by military recruiters."
The board is expected to revisit the issue at a future meeting and
possibly form a policy concerning military recruiters. The next
meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, at the City Council
chambers at City Hall, 39250 Pioneer Blvd.
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