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signing up. She also points to a
passage in the A rm y ’s recruiting
handbook that stresses that kids
need to see jo in in g up as a positive
choice as soon as they “ begin to
think about the future.”
A ccording to p ro g ram ’s w ebsite,
in 2008 there w ere 60 Starbase acad ­
em ies across in 34 states, the D is­
trict o f C olum bia, and Puerto Rico. It
reached m ore than 54,000 students
in 200 school districts. T he w ebsite
also points out that the jo b m arket
will increasingly need people skilled
in m ath and science, and this p ro ­
gram gives kids a leg up.
L ast w eek, the Portland Public
S chools board voted to renew the
Starbase program , and the $320,000
to fund it, o v e r the objections o f
protestors w ho gathered outside.
B obbie R egan, a school board
m em ber w ho has opposed recru it­
ing in the past visited the program
h e rself before the vote.
“ W hat I saw w ere kids w orking
o n s c ie n c e a n d s c ie n c e - b a s e d
projects,’’ said R egan, w ho voted
for the program .
She argues that S tarbase is m eant
to help kids develop technical skills
that w ill be highly needed in the
global econom y. R egan also points
out that P P S ' M andarin and R us­
sian im m ersion program s are also
funded by-the D epartm ent o f D e­
fense, and speakers o f these lan­
guages w ill be highly sought after.
M arilyn Sholian, the d irecto r o f
P o rtlan d ’s Starbase, rejects the n o ­
tion that the program is a recru it­
m ent tool, and points out that six
people w ho staff the program , h alf
o f w hich have teaching credentials,
a re n ’t even em p lo y ed by the D e­
partm ent o f D efense.
T ypically, the program sees 45
classes a year, according to Sholian,
w ho com e from across the city and
neighboring school districts.
Kids engage in a variety o f hands-
on activities- m any o f w hich you
w o u ld n ’t find in a classroom . T hey
use co m p u ter program s to design
hypoth etical sn eak ers, airplan es,
and parts o f space stations. The
facility also has a 3-D im age printer,
a m achine that cuts o b jects d e ­
signed on a co m p u ter out o f plastic.
T hey also do other exercises, like
lifting a teacher seated on a table
w ith a balloon, and designing a p ro ­
tectiv e la y e r fo r an egg that is
launched into a wall.
“T he kids kind o f go, ‘I get it,” ’
said Sholian, w ho sports a p in k vest
w ith an em b ro id ered S tarbase logo.
She adds that few schools have
these resources, let alone the space
o rtim e.
But the kids do get a tour o f the
A ir N ational G u ard Base, w here
uniform ed personnel show them F-
15 je st, arm ored vehicles, and a ro ­
bot used to detonate bom bs.
“ Yes, they are in u niform ,” said
Sholian. H ow ever, w ho stresses that
no one ev er goads the kids into
jo in in g up.
Instead, the kids are told that
m ath and science can lead to a broad
range o f careers, said Sholian, w ho
adds that the program is so full that
there w o u ld n ' t be tim e for recruiting
an y w ay s.
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