Hundreds of Chicago Public Schools freshmen were automatically enrolled in Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps classes, even though JROTC programs are supposed to be voluntary, according to a CPS inspector general’s report released Wednesday.
Hundreds of Chicago Public Schools freshmen were automatically enrolled in Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps classes over the last two school years even though JROTC programs are supposed to be voluntary, according to a CPS inspector general’s report released Wednesday.
CPS boasts the largest JROTC program in the nation, with an average of one in 14 CPS high school students enrolled in this program over the last three school years, according to the inspector’s general office. At least 10% of a CPS school’s students or a minimum of 100 students are supposed to be enrolled in JROTC for the school to maintain its program, the inspector general’s office said. CPS paid nearly $6 million in salaries and benefits for 97 JROTC instructors in its 37 JROTC program schools the last school year, according to the inspector general’s office. The district covered 69% of these costs, while the Department of Defense paid the rest.
CPS also told the inspector general’s office it is offering training to high school principals this week
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