“High schoolers just saying ‘no’”
Sunday, February 12th, 2006Article in February 12 Worcester Telegram & Gazette, mentioning this site:
WORCESTER— The number of Worcester high school students who withhold their contact information from military recruiters has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years, an increase that roughly coincides with when the school started sending parents an opt-out letter.
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The percentage of Worcester high school seniors who opted out this year ranges from 41.4 percent at Burncoat High School to 13.9 percent at South, but an education specialist for the Army recruiting battalion that includes Worcester recently estimated that as many as 50 percent of high school students in the region choose not to release their information.