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St. John's Military School, located in Salina, Kansas, is a private boarding military school for male students from grades 6 to 12. It aims to develop students' academic and leadership skills in a "military environment" overseen by a President, Academic Dean and Commandant of Cadets. It has the capacity for approximately 220 students. The year runs from late August to early May. St John's is normally one of the highest ranked JROTC programs in the United States.Because of SJMS' high AFI ranking they are allotted up to fifteen recommendations to the U.S. Military Academies. The School Offers Honors classes in English, Biology, and Social Studies. AP Classes for college credit are offered in English, Pre-Calculus, Chemistry, U.S. History, Government, and Computer Science. The school also has a comprehensive set of elective courses for students entering the work force upon graduation. ==History== The school is home to Troop 1, the oldest Boy Scout troop in America. The troop was organized January 21, 1910, by F. John Romanes, an instructor at St. John’s Military School, and was patterned after the English Boy Scouts. St. John's Military School was used in the filming of ''Up the Academy''. The 1980 movie was filmed entirely in Salina, mostly on the school's campus. This movie was a MAD Magazine spoof about military Boarding schools. A wide range of abuse claims were filed in a federal lawsuit in March 2012. An amended complaint was filed by six sets of parents on behalf of cadets from California, Florida, Tennessee, Colorado, Texas and Illinois.〔(St. John's Military School Student Abuses - New Allegations Added To Lawsuit; Huffington Post; March 24, 2012. )〕〔(Video depicts alleged abuse at school; Associated Press; May 18, 2012. )〕〔(Mother describes horrific abuse of son who had legs broken at military school in his first four days and vows she will not stop until the 'kids are safe';Daily mail; July 5, 2012. )〕 The lawsuit was settled with undisclosed terms in March 2014, just before the trial was to start. According to court records, St. John's has settled fourteen previous abuse-related lawsuits filed since 2006. Salina Police Department and Kansas Department for Children and Families did not file criminal charges in any of these cases.〔(Neglect found at Kan. military school )〕 More recent records have found there have been 339 complaints of beatings, hazing, harassment, and abuse over 5 years, including branding students.〔Hegeman, Roxana, "(Judge allows abuse claims against military school )", ''Associated Press/Stars and Stripes'', 14 January 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. John's Military School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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