Students Allege Involuntary Enrollment in ROTC Classes - San Diego

Some students at San Diego’s Mission Bay High School say they’re getting placed into Junior ROTC classes against their will. They’re urging school district officials to do something about it. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

The students recently went before the San Diego school board to say an increasing number of Latino and Spanish-speaking students are being put into the school’s Marine ROTC program without their or their parents permission. Others say they were misled to sign-up. Student Karen Figueroa says school officials make it difficult once students want out.”*

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