information. This enables the milatry to build up their "Leads" database. I liked someone else's suggestion that students write in the names of the bush twins. :)
If these walls are so "dangerous" as to require a waiver, then maybe they don't belong on the college campus. Or if they are allowed on a high school campus without a waiver (don't know if this is true), then why would waivers be required on a college campus. Someone needs to look into what the practices are around the country.
I stopped this practice at our local high school. MINORS can't sign waivers.
http://www.newsreview.com/issues/chico/2005-11-03/news.aspUp against the wall
Army uses chicanery to get student infoSusan Sullivan says the U.S. Army tried to pull a fast one on Chico High students last week when it erected a rock climbing wall on campus and then asked those who wanted to participate to sign a waiver and hand over a little personal information.
The school administration agrees--the Army was in the wrong and deceptive about its motives.
Sullivan, whose son Sean is a 17-year-old high school senior, knew that the recruiters would be on campus, Thursday, Oct. 27 as part of the anti-drug Red Ribbon Week activities. Last May, she said, Marine recruiters were on campus for Career Day using an inflatable fun house to attract student information. Under President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act, the school must provide the military with student information or risk losing federal funding. That is, unless the parent has signed an opt-out form, which the school must provide....
..Along with a release of responsibility, the form asks for full name, address, birthday, e-mail address, last four digits of the student's social security number, citizenship status and ethnic background....
...Both Roth and Principal Hanlon agreed with Sullivan.
"I walked over and dealt with it," said Roth. "It needed to be fixed. It was deceptive and not a practice we care for."
Roth (assistant principal) gathered about 35 or 40 filled-in forms. She said part of the problem is the fast turn-over in the military recruiters; new ones are apparently not told about the school's policy regarding military recruitment...
..."I am disturbed by this," Hanlon (principal) said. "They sort of did an end-around on us. It's a deceptive way to get information on the students....
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