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[Susan Harman <susanharman@igc.org>]

Maryland school develops nation's first high school homeland security program.

In a front-page story, USA Today (12/11, 1A, Hall) reports that the "first
comprehensive high school homeland security program" in the U.S., at Maryland's
Jappatowne High School, has "recently been attracting the attention of educators
and school districts from as far away as California and Florida." The program is
designed "to help kids land jobs in the growing anti-terrorism industry."
Students taking the classes "have toured a Coast Guard command center, visited a
county detection center, practiced emergency response in a fictional town called
'Joppaville' and heard an Iraqi-born speaker explain cultural differences between
Americans and Middle Easterners." Some question whether the program will develop
students who are open-minded about government policies, "given its goal of
getting kids jobs with defense and homeland security contractors and the
military." However, others "applaud the school for taking steps to prepare kids
for one of the nation's expanding job markets and for connecting what they learn
in school to what's happening in the real world."

In a separate story on the classes, USA Today (12/11, Hall) adds, "Big government
contractors such as Battelle and SAIC are working with the program, offering
internships and the use of equipment and staff." Gerald Tirozzi, director of the
National Association of Secondary School Principals, praised the program as "new
and innovative,"and said that it prepares students for jobs "that will exist in
vast quantities for years to come."

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