jbrevard
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03-29-10 12:44 PM - Post#107886
The April 2010 edition of the Allen Image has a great article on two Allen High School graduates who attended military academies at West Point and Annapolis and went on to make service to the country a career.
After reading the article I wondered why ROTC is not offered in the Allen school system.
Does anyone know the answer?
Jim Brevard
CMSgt, US Air Force Retired
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denisew
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03-29-10 04:45 PM - Post#107914
In response to jbrevard
I wish it was offered. I have one son who would be interested in the junior ROTC, but I think he might join the Civil Air Patrol cadets through the Plano or McKinney group since now he is leaning more towards the Air Force Academy for higher education. But that isn't for a few years yet since he is just in 5th grade.
Interesting that I do know both of those families mentioned in that article.
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readingu
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03-30-10 05:25 PM - Post#108010
In response to jbrevard
Football and band are their priorities. Which is great for the fortunate that are into it and make the team. Soon they will have a 60 million dollar monument sporting arena that will sit empty probably 300 days a year.
Could be a great place that could be used for ROTC too.
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sco
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03-30-10 06:15 PM - Post#108013
In response to readingu
Just to make sure we all have are facts straight ... both football and band are "no-cut". Has anybody who has an interest asked about what it would take to get an ROTC program started?
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csquare
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03-30-10 06:39 PM - Post#108020
In response to sco
I thought we had one a few years ago. I guess not.
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civicminded
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03-30-10 08:12 PM - Post#108025
In response to csquare
I recalled the names of these Service members, from back in the day, haha.
Good chance the hold-up on having a local program is having the staff support for it?
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mcollins45
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04-12-10 06:45 AM - Post#108684
In response to civicminded
Yes anyone who shows up gets handed a football jersey or a band instrument and why is that? They have tryouts and make cuts in basketball cheerleading golf and every other sports. If we had more and better offerings like the ROTC maybe we would have kids with a higher level of interest participating in different areas.
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Brewer
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04-12-10 11:59 AM - Post#108704
In response to mcollins45
DOD pays half of any JROTC .Mil staffs salary so that should help from a money standpoint.
I can't put my finger on it but I see a little resistance to anything MILITARY in AISD. There is one Marine serving on the board now so he might be an ally.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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Gary
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04-13-10 11:09 PM - Post#108843
In response to Brewer
The district is making an application to have a ROTC program on the high school campus. The earliest the program could start would be the 2011-2012 school year.
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jbrevard
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04-14-10 08:18 AM - Post#108853
In response to Gary
Thank you for this update. I recently had a conversation with a member of VFW Post 2195, Allen, who currently teaches Air Force JROTC in Forney TX. He stated that if school funding were a issue that the Air Force program is the only service component that does not require ANY funding by the school once it is accepted into the program.
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JWillie
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04-14-10 05:04 PM - Post#108921
In response to jbrevard
Air Force Junior ROTC offers students the opportunity to be cultivated into positive role models and provides each cadet a place to belong, excel and be rewarded.Thus, cadets will have a positive educational experience in which they will be encouraged to graduate and pursue higher educational opportunities. Additionally, JROTC teaches the importance of values such as citizenship, self-esteem, self-respect, service to the community, pride in belonging, self-discipline, and personal, family and social responsibility.AFJROTC offers post-high school opportunities in the way of enlistment with advanced rank and college scholarship opportunities. The program is grounded in the Air Force core values of integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do. The course is student led with citizenship building a major goal. Students will learn skills that will be valuable throughout the rest of their lives. There is no military commitment associated with taking this ROTC and uniforms are provided free of charge.
If any interested to see how the program works and information about JROTC, log on
http://www.au.af.mil/au/holmcenter/
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