Guest Editorial: Why San Francisco Opposes JROTC and Prop VMarko Matillano and Alan Lessikbyline‚ Oct. 06‚ 2008Progressives have always opposed JROTC in high schools, and with good reason: JROTC is a military recruitment tool. An effective one at that since nationally 40-50% of kids who join JROTC end up in the military at some point after they graduate. There are no stats on local JROTC enlistment into the military; a member of the No on Prop V campaign has made a Public Records Act request to the SF Unified School District. And the District indicated that they do not keep records on how many students end up in the military after high school. Any claim otherwise is an outright lie and should be dismissed as such. It speaks volumes for the Pro V argument if, like the invasion of Iraq, it is premised on a lie. |