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an Franciscans weigh merits of high school ROTC
By JULIANA BARBASSA 2 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) In this city long associated with the peace movement, some teens are taking an unlikely stance campaigning to keep the armed forces' Junior ROTC program in public schools.
If a school board decision stands, San Francisco would become the first city to remove a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. But supporters, including many college-bound Asian-American students who make up the majority of cadets here, initiated an advisory measure on the November ballot. They hope it will persuade a new school board to save JROTC.
Board members who decided to kick JROTC out of town see it as arm of the military that reaches into schools, discriminating against gays by enforcing the 'don't ask, don't tell' mandate, and recruiting teenagers for an unpopular war.
'It's a broader issue about the Bush administration and military recruiting through JROTC,' said board member Eric Mar
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