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Articles: Military Recruiting: General

New policy limits military recruiters at school

Jason Wermers, News-Press

July 30, 2007

Military recruiters will be relegated to high school career centers,
and then they can only show up by appointment.

It's a marked change in school policy from last year, when some high
schools allowed military recruiters wide latitude in reaching out to
students. At some schools, recruiters were allowed to set up tables
in the cafeteria during lunch. Others limited access to the career center.

"Every school was doing things differently, " said Herbert Wiseman,
the Lee County School District's director of middle and high school
operations. "The superintendent thought we needed to get everybody on
the same sheet of music and develop a process document that everyone
could follow."

The new policy also covers recruiters for colleges and universities,
employers and groups opposed to military recruiting, such as the Wage
Peace Project.

Anti-military recruiting groups, however, will not be granted
appointments in schools the same day as military recruiters.

Nancy Howell, co-chairwoman of the Wage Peace Project, hailed the new
policy as a much-needed protection for young, impressionable students
against persuasive military recruiters.

"We were surprised to find out that the principals got together last
week and had a discussion about this issue," said Howell, of North
Fort Myers. "We feel our discussions with the district have been
fairly positive."

Last year, Howell's group focused its efforts on the high schools
with the least restrictions on military recruiters  Cypress Lake,
Dunbar, Estero, Fort Myers and Lehigh Senior  at least twice a month.

Janet Santiago, who has two daughters attending Cape Coral High this
year, said she feels the new policy is fair.

"It's not something I have experienced personally because none of my
children have ever been interested in the military," she said. "It
probably is a good idea that it's regulated by one office instead of
leaving it up to individual schools."

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