Junior Secondary State

The **Junior Secondary State** is a State of the United States Government in the southern high school. It consists of much of the central middle school, including the Middle School Office, N-Module, an Middle School Library. Its neighbors are the Republic of the S-Module, Junior Secondary State, and Free State of Creative Arts.

## History

The Junior Secondary State was founded out of the ashes of the JIS Provisional Government after the Nebulan Crisis.

### Pre-Nebulan Crisis

The Middle School, which was culturally isolated from the high school, developed its own unique identity. While 6th graders, who were fresh out of elementary school, were relatively new to the middle school systems, 7th and 8th graders were well entrenched in the values and beliefs of a middle school. Instead of institutional segregation as in the high school, the middle school was a melting pot of the three grades, with classes often mixing students of different grades together. This middle school bond would be crucial when crisis struck.

### The Nebulan Crisis

Directly after the Nebulan Crisis, the middle school found itself in a state of disorder and distress. Select 7th and 8th graders would reach out to the high school to find answers, while 6th graders would look to the elementary. It was that group of 7th and 8th graders, who were delegated under the name "Student Front", would link up with the United Student Congress Front.

### The First Mandate

In response to the declaration of the First Mandate Government, the revolutionary Independence Protests of August 17 were carried out by the USC and Student Fronts, who had merged under the new banner of the Front for a Second Mandate. At 12:00 noon, 200 middle schoolers and high schoolers protested to halt classes due to the despair of the situation. 12:00 noon was the official starting time for middle school classes, but by 12:10, at least 90 of the 100 or so middle schoolers had retreated back to their classrooms in defeat. By 12:35, which was 10 minutes past the end of high school lunchtime, 70 of the 100 or so high schoolers had retreated as well. This left 40 students defiant of several JIS Security Force warnings to disperse. A majority of the 30 high schoolers were juniors and seniors, who saw no option but to take control of the days they had left, especially since it was unclear what was beyond the walls of the school or what life they could return to. All 40 protesters were subdued immediately after 12:45, which was the deadline set by the JISSF. The peaceful protesters sustained no injuries.

### Quit Classes Campaign

The Quit Classes Campaign, also known as the Quit Classes Movement, was a movement launched at the First Session of the All-Middle School Congressional Organization (AMSCO) by Trace Garrett, a 9th grader, on August 18th, demanding an end to classes in the Middle School.

After the First Mandate Government failed to secure Middle Schooler support for a student delegation to the Independent Congress of Freedom, Garrett made a call to *Working Students Unite, Here and Now* in his Quit Classes speech delivered on August in the D'Toko Covered Area. Principal-General Bohnen remarked the movement to be "by far the most serious outside the Nebulan clan."

### The Middle School's Day

On August 24, when the USC Front acted upon their plan to seize the high school, the AMSCO initiated their own effort, surrounding the Middle School Office and getting into standoffs with the JISSF checkpoints. In the S-Module, AMSCO allied with the Communist Doctrine of JIS (CDJIS), an underground independent guerilla movement founded in the name of Stephen Lawrence. By the end of the day, the Middle School Office, the N-Module, the D'Toko, Middle School Library, and Bali Stage were in the hands of the AMSCO.

### Establishment

On August 24, the USC would declare together with AMSCO the formation of the State of the Junior Secondary, along with the State of the Senior Secondary. On August 28, it would enter into the union of the United States Government under then name "Junior Secondary State".

## Politics

The Junior Secondary State is officially an integral part of the United States Government. As a member state of the USG, a majority of government bureaucracies and agencies are under the oversight or control of the USG. The JSS does not have a ratified constitution, though JSS secessionists point to the AMSCO Code as a contender. It instead relies on the overarching federal USG constitution.

The legislative branch of the JSS is unicameral, a body of 24 members, 4 from each of the 6 Volcanoes. All 24 are Volcano Leaders, who are appointed by the Activities Director for the Middle School. At the start of the JSS, the Volcano Leaders from the previous year were severed due to their elevation to the high school. In order to replace them in an effective time due to normal appointments beginning in September 28, the authority of the Office of the Activities Director provisionally appointed 24 representatives to the delegations of the JSS to the First National Congress of the Second Mandate Government and First Session of the United States Congress. In the state legislature, seats are divided by Volcano, with some political parties crossing Volcano house lines. The state legislature is not responsible for the election of President and Vice President of the JSS. This office is entitled to the candidate who wins the popular vote.