S.F. school board restores JROTC

— A three-year battle over the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps in San Francisco schools appears to be over.

The program had been scheduled to be phased out this month after San Francisco school officials voted in 2006 to end the training.

But JROTC was given a late reprieve last month when the board voted to keep the program.

Then in a 4-3 vote Tuesday night, the board agreed to restore the JROTC program to its original condition by allowing it to satisfy physical education requirements.

The move is expected to increase enrollment in JROTC, while allowing the school district to financially justify the cost.




