Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 19, Number 3, 1 March 2002 — JROTC's 'about-face' [ARTICLE]

JROTC's 'about-face'

Kamehameha Schools CEO Dr, Hamihon I, McCubbin announced that the long-standing Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, JROTC, will be discontinued after the close of the current school year, The mueh deliberated decision results from KS trustees' decision to withdraw from all federally funded programs, According to Dr, McCubbin, Kamehameha will have more flexibility in its programs and strategic goals to serve more Hawaiians by severing federal funding sources, Such important aspects of the JROTC program as leadership and character development will be folded into school-wide curriculum, as identified in the schools' strategic plan, "The JROTC program has been a vital part of Kamehameha since 1888, The instructors have touched the lives of thousands of our students in very positiveway, Many

of today's comrmmity leaders and military officers participated in our JROTC program, We thank our current and past instructors for their commitment to the students and graduates of Kamehameha," McCubbin said.