Wolemba Anthony Lonetree, Star Tribune
Kwayayi idayimba bwino ndipo ophunzirawo adapereka zabwino zawo "kumanzere, kumanzere, kumanzere" pamene akuyenda pamwambo wa Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Lachinayi ku Washington Technology Magnet School pa St. Paul's North End.
Pochita chidwi ndi kusonyeza kulanga ndi kulondola, Superintendent John Thein anati: “Mwakhazikitsa mipiringidzo yapamwamba kuti ana asukulu anzanu azitsatira.”
Maola angapo pambuyo pake, lingaliro lowonjezera gawo la Air Force JROTC ku Highland Park Senior High linayenda bwino ngati bondo lopindika.
Makolo, ophunzira ndi anthu ammudzi omwe adaitanidwa kuti aganizire za dongosololi adasiya kutsindika kwa Air Force pa "kukhulupirika, kutumikira pamaso pathu komanso kuchita bwino pazonse zomwe timachita," akutsutsa mapulogalamu a JROTC ngati kulowerera kosavomerezeka m'masukulu komanso asilikali ophimbidwa pang'ono. chida cholembera anthu ntchito.
Malipiro olembera anthu, omwe nthawi zambiri amanenedwa ndipo nthawi zambiri amakanidwa ndi alangizi ndi ophunzira a JROTC, adabweretsa mwadzidzidzi ku msonkhano womwe anthu pafupifupi 25 adakumana nawo.
“Asilikali asalowe. Siyani ana okha, "anatero Katherine Kleckner, wokhala moyandikana komanso wakale woyang'anira laibulale ya Como Park High. "Ngakhale ali ana athu, tiyenera kuwachitira zabwino, osati kuwakonzekeretsa kunkhondo."
Pafupifupi anthu asanu adalankhula kuti apange Highland Park sukulu yachisanu ndi chimodzi m'chigawo cha St. Paul kuti apereke pulogalamu ya JROTC.
Ena adatsutsa chikhalidwe cha mbali imodzi ya chiwonetsero cha JROTC - motsogoleredwa ndi Col. Deon Ford, yemwe amayang'anira pulogalamu ya Air Force JROTC ku Johnson High - komanso kusowa chidziwitso kwa ophunzira ndi osalankhula Chingerezi. Izi zidapangitsa Dana Abrams, ombudsperson m'bomalo, ndi Theresa Battle, wothandizira wamkulu wa masukulu a kusekondale, kulonjeza kuchita msonkhano wina wadera asadapange chilichonse chobweretsa gulu lankhondo ku Highland Park.
"Sakupita komwe sakulandiridwa," adatero Battle pambuyo pa msonkhano. “Timalemekeza anthu ammudzi. Sizokhudza dera lililonse.”
Highland Park ndi yoyera komanso yolemera kwambiri kuposa North End - kusiyana komwe kumawonetsedwa ndi kuchuluka kwa ophunzira m'masukulu awiri apamwamba. Ku Washington Technology Magnet, 89 peresenti ya ophunzira amalandila nkhomaliro zaulere kapena zotsika mtengo, kuwirikiza kawiri kuchuluka kwa Highland Park. Koma Washington ndi imodzi mwasukulu zofunidwa kwambiri m'chigawochi. Inali ndi mndandanda wa odikira 262 kumapeto kwa lotale yosankha kusukulu ya chaka chino.
Winston Tucker, mphunzitsi wamkulu ku Highland Park, adati kuyendera sukulu ya North End kunathandiza kulimbikitsa chisankho chake chotsatira pulogalamu ya JROTC. Ophunzirawo amakhala ngati opatsa moni komanso owongolera pazochitika zapagulu pasukulupo, ndipo Tucker adati adagawana naye momwe pulogalamuyi idawathandizira kukhala okhudzidwa komanso mwayi wautsogoleri.
Highland Park ikufunikanso masankho ochulukirapo, adatero, malingaliro omwe adathandizidwa Lachinayi usiku ndi makolo ochepa omwe adasonkhana mu library yakusukulu.
M'mawu ake, Ford adati kukhala mlangizi wamkulu wa sayansi yazamlengalenga ku Johnson High ndi ntchito yomwe amakonda. Theka la malipiro ake amalipidwa ndi Air Force. Amaphunzitsa "History of Flights" kwa ana asukulu yachisanu ndi chinayi, ndipo adanena za maphunziro opulumuka monga okondedwa pakati pa ma cadet. Chaka chatha, ophunzira anapita ku Lebanon Hills Region Park ku Eagan kukaphunzira luso monga kumanga moto ndi kuyeretsa madzi. Ma Cadets amapitanso pandege ndikusinthana kukhala mu cockpit.
"Ndikufuna kumveketsa bwino: sitili pulogalamu yolembera anthu usilikali," adatero. "Ntchito yanga ndi kuwapatsa zida kuti azichita bwino m'moyo."
Otsutsa a ndondomekoyi adanena kuti chigawocho sichikanatha kulipira ndalama zokwana madola 100,000 za pulogalamu ya JROTC ya $ 200,000 pachaka, osati pamene zojambula ndi nyimbo zikudulidwa; kuti kuphunzitsa ndi “ntchito ya mphunzitsi,” osati ya koloneli; kuti m’chipinda chochitira misonkhano munali anthu amitundu yochepa kwambiri, mofanana ndi ambiri a amene amatumikira pamzere wakutsogolo kunkhondo, ndi kuti asilikali amadziŵa kukhala ndi mayunifolomu m’masukulu kungakhale njira yonyengerera kuti ophunzira alembetse.
Brad Sigal, kholo la sukulu ya pulayimale, anawonjezera kuti pulogalamu ya JROTC idzawoneka ngati yosagwirizana ndi pulogalamu ya Highland Park ya International Baccalaureate (IB), yomwe imalimbikitsa ophunzira kuti agwire ntchito kuti apange dziko labwino komanso lamtendere. Tucker, poyankhulana, adanena kuti amakhulupirira kuti JROTC ikugwirizana ndi pulogalamu ya IB polimbikitsa utsogoleri ndi ntchito zapagulu, komanso kufunikira kokhala oganiza bwino omwe akufuna kuchita zoopsa.
Ku Washington Technology Magnet, komwe awiri mwa akuluakulu a 22 adalowa usilikali pambuyo pa chaka cha 2014-15, mkulu wa Yan Zhou Chen akukonzekera kulembetsa ku yunivesite ya Tufts ndikuchita ntchito ya uinjiniya wamankhwala.
Lupanga m'manja, adatsogolera ma cadet pobowola Lachinayi, nkhani yokayikitsa yomwe adalowa mu JROTC chifukwa mnzake adachita.
Monga wophunzira wachisanu ndi chinayi ku JROTC, Zhou Chen adati, "ndinu cholinga chanu," kuonetsetsa kuti yunifolomu yanu ikuwoneka yakuthwa ndipo mumatsatira malamulo. Pambuyo pake, mumatsogolera ena ndipo muli ndi udindo wophunzitsa ndi kupititsa patsogolo ma cadet anu, adatero. Atafunsidwa zomwe amauza ophunzira omwe amakayikira ngati akuyenera kukhala ma cadet, adayankha mu imelo kuti: "ZOCHITIKA, JOIN!"
Pankhani yosankha kuti asalowe usilikali, iye anati ndi mpumulo kwa makolo ake.
