KING COUNTY, Wash. - Seattle students took their fight against military recruiters to the Seattle School Board on Wednesday night.

Just last month, hundreds of students hit the streets to rally against the war and to demand the school district keep recruiters off campus. On Tuesday, students raised their voice before the board to deliver their message: keep military recruiters off high school campuses.

Under the No Child Left Behind Act, schools receive federal funding. That funding essentially allows the Armed Forces to bring the recruiting office to the students, and that doesn't sit well with some students.

"Why should all that money be spent on recruiting people to the military?" said Philip Locker, a student. "Why can't we spend that money on creating good paying jobs for people here in the United States, so when they graduate they can get jobs that serve our communities?"

Kyle Easterly, a senior at Jackson High School, says students can hardly avoid the recruiters.

"They stand right outside our lunchroom, so you don't get a chance to walk around without talking to them. So it's not an illusion. In a lower income (area), I can't imagine what would be occurring," she said.

Marine Corp. Commanding Officer Forrest Poole says recruiters visit high schools to present students with options.

"It allows us to talk to men and women who are qualified," he said.

Poole says the Armed Forces regularly turn down applicants. He says the most qualified applicants are the educated ones, which makes high schools the ideal recruiting pool.

"What some people fail to realize is that this nation needs highly-educated force they can find and that's high schools of America," he said.

In regards to access to students, Poole says high schools themselves set the rules that recruiters must follow.