NO CHILD LEFT UNRECRUITED
6 links for your life
| 1. The No Child Left Behind Act requires schools to supply military recruiters with contact information for all students except those who opt out. To opt out, you (or your parents) must request in writing that your school not disclose your name, address, and phone number to recruiters. Here's a link to a page that provides an opt-out form you can print out and use at your school. Page down to the bottom of the page and select "Generic form." | http://www.militaryfreeschools.org/forms.html |
| 2. Worried about paying for college? There are ways to do this without joining the military. The American Friends Service Committee offers a list of options. | http://www.afsc.org/pacificsw/counter-recruitment.htm |
| 3. Have you been contacted by a recruiter who made lots of appealing promises? Recruiters across the country have been caught lying about benefits and about the realities of military service. Take a look at what Sue Neiderer has to say about how military recruiters misled her son, Seth, who died in Iraq. | http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/opin/pr_neid.html |
| 4. Read about how students at Kennedy High School in Bloomington, Minnesota, opposed recruiters on their campus. | http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=1678 |
| 5. See what men and women who have actually been in the military have to say about the Iraq war. | http://www.veteransforpeace.org |
| 6. Additional resources about how you can convince your school board to protect family privacy are available at LeaveMyChildAlone.org. | http://www.leavemychildalone.org |