Draft Resolution for San Francisco Board of Education
Cut Ties with the Military
WHEREAS, the United States military is actively recruiting high school students into the military to fight in Iraq ; and
WHEREAS, many young San Francisco high school alumni are presently serving in military units fighting in Iraq ; and
WHEREAS, it is San Francisco City policy by virtue of Proposition N, to bring all U.S. troops home from Iraq now; and
WHEREAS, over 1,448 U.S. soldiers and approximately 100,000 Iraqis have been killed in this war and over 10,000 U.S. soldiers and unknown thousands of Iraqis have been wounded; and
WHEREAS, the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on the war have robbed our children of resources that should be spent on education and other human needs; and
WHEREAS, military presence in our schools legitimizes the message that violence is acceptable;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
It shall be the policy of the San Francisco Board of Education to cut all ties with the United States military, including, but not limited to: Ending military recruitment on campuses; ending the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC); and guaranteeing that all students and parents are informed of their right to deny military recruiters access to their names, addresses and telephone numbers.
