The Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC), the federal program whose purpose is to mainly gear high school students towards higher education and serving for the United States, will see its final year out at Millikan High School.
Unlike Wilson’s loss of the JROTC program in 2008 due to what the district called a lack of interest, Millikan’s program is being cut due to financial strains on the district.
“As with most of our recent program cuts,” said to Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) spokesperson Chris Eftychiou, “this reduction is due to the state budget crisis, which has forced us to consider eliminating any programs that ‘—ach’ on our general fund.”
“—achment” is a term often used in school financial speak, referring to programs that lack enough self-sustaining funds–in this case, federal monies–thereby borrowing from the school district’s operating budget.
Thanks to the passage of Proposition 30, it is highly unlikely the remaining JROTC programs in the LBUSD–Cabrillo, Lakewood and Poly–will face the chopping block unless the Board of Education ultimately decides the district still cannot afford them.
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