COUNTERING MILITARY RECRUITMENT
Articles: Counter-Recruitment: General
War protesters take on military recruiters
NBC Local
Aug 6, 2007
The first day of classes was far from quiet at North High School inPhoenix this morning. A group of war protesters stood outside the
school handing out fliers to students and parents informing them
about how student information is being given to military recruiters.
State and federal laws allow the military to recruit at high schools.
Many recruiters also get names, home phone numbers and addresses from
the school districts.
But under the No Child Left Behind Act, schools must provide opt out
forms to parents and students if they don't want their contact
information given to military recruiters.
Protester Dolores Martinez said, "A lot of the schools are not in
compliance. North High School, Phoenix Unified School District is
finally in compliance."
The Phoenix Union High School District provides those forms in the
student handbooks and parents and students have the first two weeks
of school to fill them out and return them. The U.S. Army Recruiting
office in downtown Phoenix says they target high schools because they
want 17 to 24 year old recruits.
Lt. Col.Adam Loveless said, "That's how we fill the United States
Army, through volunteer army and we've got to get that information
out to those eligible to enlist in the U.S. Army."
The school district says they had nearly 35 percent of its students
turn in the opt out forms last school year and say that number
increases every year. Students say they don't mind seeing military
recruiters at school, but don't want any personal information about
them given out.
Senior Irene Totress said, "I don't think they should have it. It's
just not safe or anything."
That's now left recruiters seeking other ways to make contact with
students, such as going to places where young people hang out.
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