Nearly 80 years ago, in my high school years, I joined the 1946 Napa High School Junior Cadet Rifle Team run by Colonel George W. Walker, a Marine Corps rifle instructor who was our coach and teacher.

Ceyshe Napa is the governing board president for the Phoenix Union High School District (PXU), where more than 25,000 students from diverse backgrounds are enrolled. The PXU board recently voted ...