San Diego Unified and a few other districts around the county have shooting
ranges in their high schools (for JROTC training). With today's problem of
gangs and teen violence, our schools should be teaching students how to solve
conflicts nonviolently. The schools have a ZERO tolerance policy for students
but allow JROTC guns. Recently, Serra High School had a break in and JROTC
air rifles were stolen from the campus. Is this safe? The weapons training
is often rationalized as a sport, but dozens of dangerous sports are not
represented or offered in the district, so why offer weapons training? The
district needs to hear from students, parents, teachers and community members.
The district needs to hear from YOU!
BEFORE Feb. 3, please write a letter to the San Diego Unified School Board:
Ø Tell them you want to know why the district violates the spirit of it'
s own zero tolerance policy.
Ø Tell them that teaching students to shoot is not the business of
schools
Ø Ask them to end all weapons training, just as Chicago City Schools did
10 years ago.
More ideas for points to make are below.
Letters received in the mail or by fax are the best tools we have to ensure
that the board will take notice and hear our concerns. Phone calls are also
helpful. E-mail is less effective.
Write To:
Shelia Jackson (President)
John deBeck
Kathryn Nakamura
Richard Barrera
John Lee Evans
Send letters to:
Member's Name:
Board of Education
San Diego Unified School District
4100 Normal Street, Room 2231
San Diego, CA 92103
Fax (619) 297-5624
Phone: (619) 725-5550
Email: board@sandi.net
For more Information, contact:
Education Not Arms Coalition at _educationnotarms@gmail.com_
(mailto:educationnotarms@gmail.com)
_www.projectyano.org/educationnotarms/_
(http://www.projectyano.org/educationnotarms/)
Phone 760-634-3604
Ideas for brief letters/postcards to Board of Education:
Dear Mr./Ms____________
Option 1
How can schools have a zero tolerance policy but allow weapons training on
high school campuses? This makes no sense to me! What a mixed message that
sends to students.
I hope that you will take a stand and eliminate shooting ranges in San Diego
Unified School District.
Option 2
Schools are not the place for young people to learn to shoot guns. Why
would we encourage students to do this when we have a zero tolerance policy? You
can stop this craziness! Please do the right thing.
Option 3
With so much violence in our communities, WHY would we teach our students to
shoot guns? It makes no sense than most San Diego high schools have
shooting ranges. Please put an end to weapons training immediately.
Option 4
In San Diego, everyone I talk to is shocked to learn that most of the high
schools have shooting ranges. People really can't believe it! Times have
changed and zero tolerance means ZERO tolerance.
Option 5
I support the Education Not Arms Coalition. It is absolutely wrong to have
shooting ranges on our high school campuses. Please take a stand and
eliminate weapons training on our campuses.
Option 6
It is a ridiculous argument to say that weapon training is just another
sport. Teaching students to shoot guns in high schools is outrageous. It is a
complete contradiction of the Zero Tolerance policy. Weapons training must be
abolished.
Option 7
Chicago City Schools, has the nation's largest JROTC program, with over 40
units and several military academies, yet the Chicago district ended its rifle
training program in 1999, after the Columbine school shootings. If they can
show such common sense, San Diego can do the same.
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