No army contact, then no yearbook photo for your kids.

[Obamanaut]

Saw this in the Jacksonville, FL paper this morning. Doesn't seem right somehow to me. Keeping the recruiter from hounding my kid would keep him/her from enjoying a lot of the high school good times.

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/100605/met_19960764.shtml

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Opting to keep your child's personal information away from military recruiters now shuts them out of any recognition; Duval County schools are changing policy.
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Duval County parents who want to keep their children from military recruiters face an all-or-nothing decision. They can either approve the release of personal information to recruiters or give up all public recognition including being pictured in the yearbook and listed in sports programs and the honor roll.
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Duval County notifies parents at the beginning of the school year about its policy for giving out personal information. Parents have three options. They can approve the release of student information, restrict it to the military and colleges and universities only or they can prohibit the release of any personal information whatsoever.

But the last option has meant students would also be kept out of the yearbook, sports programs and listings of honors and awards.
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