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Well then, what were three USMC recruiters doing out in the main hallway, chatting with the interim principal, Leroy Jenkins, on opening day?  Peace groups and other organizations for instance, are not given an equal opportunity to meet youngsters on the first day of the new school year.  Mr. Jenkins, the exiting interim principal at Cross Keys High School told me that CKHS is comprised of about 80% Hispanic, 12% African American and 8-10% Caucasian and other.  Might this have anything to do with the armed forces preying on schools that are comprised primarily of students of color and on the lower end of the socio-economic ladder?

Those three USMC recruiters on opening day were all African Americans; two females and one male.  Can one even begin to imagine the same military component entering Dunwoody HS on any day much less the first day of the new school year?  Of course race is involved!  CKHS is the primary military feeder school along the Buford Hwy corridor that keeps military recruiters coming back time after time.  The high school also has a Navy JROTC unit and there's even a possibility the Army is establishing a recruiting desk inside the JROTC office.  Isn't there something terribly wrong with this picture?

Superintendent Thurmond, will you please pay attention to what's going on in your school district as far as the U. S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Searcy v. Crim ruling?  The last thing we DeKalb County taxpayers and the Board of Education needs is more legal and court costs in defending itself against violations of this 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.

Sincerely,

Michael J. Burke
Veterans for Truth
in Military Recruiting