Last week a humvee pulled into Santee's campus with pull up bars and free "gifts" in exchange for student's personal information. "Is this legal?" I was asked. According to LAUSD Policy Bulletin 2067.1, All military vehicles must receive clearance from the LAUSD Office of Risk Management. So, yes, unfortunately, it is legal. CAMS has reported military vehicles on campuses several times, with most not having received clearance from LAUSD. continue...

With the adoption of the Public School Choice Motion by LAUSD last week, the door is open for "other internal and external stakeholders" to "create more schools of choice." This clearly opens the way for the Pentagon to set up military academies as they have in Chicago (along with other places around the country). A resolution will be introduced by those of us in CAMS to insure that there is public input into any military academies or new JROTC programs in LAUSD that are initiated. In Chicago these military programs were initiated without any parent, community and teacher input.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/08/fast-times-recruitment-high

Nearly 300 people from across the nation poured into the Friends Center in Chicago and Roosevelt University the weekend of July 17-19, 2009 for the National Network Opposing the Miltarism of Youth Counter-Recruitment and Demilitarization Conference. The faces represented what the counter recruitment movement is all about and how it has grown over the past years from a handful of established organizations to a vibrant grassroots movement with the intermixing of youth and adults. Representing organizations from approximately 35 states they included the very young (from 12 years of age) to the seasoned activists. The people themselves, including veterans, youth, educators, parents and community activists manifested the growing diversity that this movement has embraced. continue...

During the 1st week of February, CAMS learned through school contacts that a military van (American Soldier Adventure Van see: https://peosoldier.army.mil/mediaalerts/vantodc.asp) was scheduled to be at Verdugo Hills High School on February 11th Teachers were invited to sign up their classes for a visit. continue...