Policy Aired on Military Recruiters
Posted on: Thursday, 28 July 2005, 09:00 CDT
Unless parents object in writing, professional military recruiters will have access to high school seniors during the coming school year.
Schools are required to let recruiters in their buildings and provide them the names and addresses of all seniors under the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind law. That goes for all school districts that receive federal education money.
The subject was broached last week by the Lockport School Board when concerned board member Maggie Lupo said a friend wrote her about recruiters possibly using high-pressure tactics on students.
"Are they in our high school?" Lupo asked.
Assistant Superintendent Susan Nablo said that they were and that the district has to provide them a list of the names and addresses of senior students because the district receives No Child Left Behind aid.
"Parents can opt out of that for their children by sending a written request to their high school requesting their child's name be removed from that list," Nablo said.
She told Lupo that Lockport High School Principal Frank Movalli will include that information in a letter he will send this summer to parents of seniors.
Nablo said there will still be recruiters from all branches of the military service on the high school campus come September.
Board member Beverly McDonough asked whether the school district would send out a form for parents to sign if they want their child's name taken off the list.
Nablo said, "We haven't created a form. The federal legislation is pretty clear. The parents have to write and make that request."
Superintendent Bruce T. Fraser assured board members the district "will inform (parents) what they have to do."
Previously, Fraser said, recruiters came to the school cafeteria "about once every two weeks. They didn't approach students but made themselves available for those who demonstrated some interest in the military."
"If we don't cooperate with recruiters, our federal funding could be withheld," Fraser said.
Some reports out of Washington, D.C., have indicated that recruiting figures are down for the military and that recruiters may be under pressure to get more young people to join the armed forces.
e-mail: pwestmoore@buffnews.com
Source: Buffalo News
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