SCHOOLS MAY RELEASE DATA TO RECRUITERS PRACTICE WAS HALTED AFTER '70S PROTESTS.Byline: Karen Karen Any member of a variety of tribal peoples of southern Myanmar (Burma). Constituting the second largest minority in Myanmar, the Karen are not a unitary group in any ethnic sense, as they differ among themselves linguistically, religiously, and economically. Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - Saying the armed services The Constitution authorizes Congress to raise, support, and regulate armed services for the national defense. The President of the United States is commander in chief of all the branches of the services and has ultimate control over most military matters. provide exciting career opportunities, an Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale trustee wants the district to release information on seniors to military recruiters. Under the proposed policy, military recruiters would have access to the names, addresses and telephone numbers of seniors. Parents who wish could exclude their child's name from the list. ``It's certainly a lot more than helping the military recruit quality men and women for their armed services,'' board President Bill Olenick said Tuesday. ``It's also a viable career option for our students.'' The board will discuss the issue at its meeting at 6:30 tonight at the district office, 44811 Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . The board is scheduled to vote on the matter at its August meeting. Currently, the district prohibits the release of student information to the military, but provide opportunities for recruiters to meet with students at school. A district staff report said it has been the district's practice to allow military recruiters to meet with students on campus both formally and informally based on student interest. Olenick said armed services recruiters have been invited to school career days, for example. After a student expresses interest in working with a military recruiter, that student may release individual information to the recruiter One of the most important things for a recruiter to understand about the psychology of technical people is the difference between (1) systems analysis & design and (2) programming. , the staff report said. Olenick said the restrictions on the release of student information stem from the anti-war protests during the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. . ``In the late 1960s and early '70s, military recruiters were shut out somewhat out of our school system,'' Olenick said. ``One thing taken away from them was the list of names, addresses and phone numbers of our seniors.'' Olenick wanted to emphasize that parents would have the opportunity to take their child's name off the list. ``There will be some parents who for their own reasons would not want their son or daughter on the list. That's OK. They can check the box and say no,'' Olenick said. ``Should they change their mind, we can update the list in the middle of the semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s .'' Only information on seniors will be released, and the list would probably be given to recruiters at the end of their junior year, Olenick said. ``The military is an extremely exciting and viable career option for our young people. The military is providing money and scholarships to go on to college,'' Olenick said. ``This is something that would be extremely beneficial to students in the district.'' |
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