Recruiting in Schools, a Priority for Military, Is Targeted by Critics
Some Districts Re-Examine Their Policies
In his dress-blue U.S. Marine Corps uniform, Sgt. Jose V. Morin cuts an impressive figure striding into the cafeteria at Thomas A. Edison High School here.
Students in shorts and T-shirts linger over lunch and chat about the upcoming summer vacation. For a while, it’s a slow day for the soft-spoken 25-year-old military recruiter. No one comes over to check out the table he has set up with Marine Corps brochures, or to pick up a red sticker reading Semper Fi —short for the Corps’ famous Latin motto meaning “Always Faithful.”
Then Albi Sadikaj, a senior from Albania, approaches. A standout punter on the school’s football team, he believes his SAT scores are too low for a college scholarship, and he considers the prospect of...
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