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Freshmen JROTC enrollment plunges after overhaul by Chicago Public Schools

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By Alex Ruppenthal Verified
| WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL) Verified
WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter. Freshmen enrollment in a controversial military-run training program plummeted this academic year at some Chicago high schools after district leaders cracked down on schools that were effectively forcing first-year students to participate, according to a report from the district’s watchdog released on Thursday.
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Chicago’s Military Education Chief Quietly Resigned After ‘Systemic Failures’ Involving Student Sex Abuse

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By Shamus Toomey, Alex Ruppenthal Verified
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Citywide Col. Daniel L. Baggio signed a severance agreement in March after an investigation by the school district’s watchdog exposed “systemic failures” regarding his oversight of JROTC. Youngrae Kim for Chalkbeat Credibility: This article contains new, firsthand information uncovered by its reporter(s). This includes directly interviewing sources and research / analysis of primary source documents.
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Chicago’s military education chief quietly resigned after ‘systemic failures’ involving student sex abuse

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By Alex Ruppenthal Verified
| WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL) Verified
WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter. Three years after he failed to report sex abuse allegations at a North Side high school, the top official overseeing Chicago Public Schools’ military instruction program quietly resigned. That resignation is the end of a saga that shows how military education leaders in Chicago played by their own rules — with devastating consequences for students who weren’t protected.
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