SF School Board Kills JROTC

SF Chronicle ^ | Thursday, June 26, 2008 | Nanette Asimov

[Stoat]

What I’m asking you for is something other than snarky comments.

You've got to expect such mild, poignant commentary at a Conservative news discussion forum.  Please don't become upset when people respond to truly awful, anti-American news with less than the utter contempt and revulsion it deserves.  I would think that most healthy people would be delighted to see that there are still people who are willing to stand up for what's right and register their profound displeasure at such terrible occurrences.

 HELP US !

What sort of help would you like?  Advice on how to repopulate the voting demographics of the City of San Francisco with a sane majority, so that you won't have elected officials who pull crap like this?

 

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[zeestephen]

buwaya says: “I know these kids. They are BORN here for the most part.”

Break that into hard numbers, for me.

How many HS students in SF?

How many do you know?

[CindyDawg]

Are home school credits accepted?

[darkwing104]

Well, you have a congressman, don’t you ?

Yes, He is a very Pro Military Conservative...

[doug from upland]

Okay.

[Amelia]

JROTC cannot be used for a PE credit in our schools, and that's okay, because while they do a day or two a week of marching and PT, physical education ought to involve some sort of work out every day.

JROTC is still one of the most popular programs in our school, but then again, we aren't in San Francisco.

[Amelia]

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[I see my hands]

"there are many hundreds of thousands here who don’t deserve such treatment"

It's your choice to live amongst the enemy and fund their assaults. Don't expect that others are obliged to feel your pain.

[CindyDawg]

I don't think the reason is for more exercise though:’) I was just wondering if they could take PE independently. I home schooled my youngest thru Abeka until his Jr. year in high school. They accepted his PE credits.

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[luckystarmom]

Actually, the probably killed it for after school sports being given PE credit also.

There’s a new state regulation that kids have to actually take PE and other activities will not count.

Here’s the website that San Jose Unified has about the new restrictions:

http://www.sjusd.org/school/district/more_info/5694/

[Rebelbase]

The government of the City of San Francisco is about the most disgusting public institution in this country next to the Congress.

[buwaya]

Er, dozens ?

Out of @1200 JROTC kids, mostly Asian.

Jeez Louise, do you think little Chinese kids swim by the thousands across the Rio Grande ?

[buwaya]

“You’ve got to expect such mild, poignant commentary at a Conservative news discussion forum.”

I would like to think we conservatives actually possess brains and a sense of reality. Or we should.

“What sort of help would you like? “

Help make a mighty noise !

[17th Miss Regt]

But board President Sanchez said the district will eventually offer an alternative to JROTC within the ethnic studies program. There will be opportunities for leadership," he said.

His plan is probably to open a school campus chapter of the New Black Panther Party as soon as possible.

[buwaya]

You aren’t wrong, but ...

Weirdly, the government of SF is pro-JROTC, or the mayor (Gay-marriage Newsom) is anyway.

The School Board is MUCH further left than the mayor.

That may be an odd concept to get around, but its so.

[buwaya]

It will be some lame thing along those lines, yes.

I can just see them trying to sell that to Asians.

[buwaya]

Fund the enemy ?

I mainly fund you ! I pay my Federal taxes, thank you.

We are in this together.

[Amelia]

I'm sure that PE is offered as a separate course, and if they are just taking JROTC as an easy PE credit, I'm not sure what that accomplishes for the military.

I don't know what California school requirements are. Here, P.E. is required, and JROTC is an elective, but the kids have at least one elective each year, so there's no problem if they really want to take JROTC. My niece, who will be in 9th grade next year, is taking JROTC and band as electives.