in october 2005, the new york civil liberties union successfully pressured the school to release students from their mandatory junior rotc program, arguing that the practice violates the state's education law, which provides that no child may be enrolled in jrotc without prior written parental consent. in the end, greco did release the student in question, and all others, but not without the attention of the local media. wgrz, the local nbc broadcast channel, carried the story, as did the local publication "artvoice".