European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes Friday november 23, 1973 school goals conferences getting involved is photo by Chuck Pees special projects head Dennis Holmes we want to know the Community s feelings we think their opinions should count  by Bob Milham Stuttgart Bureau chief a school Community project Ambo Eslingen Germany is giving parents the Chance to Tell educators what they think their children should  project brings in parents of first through eighth graders at to Eslingen elementary school for school goals conferences to Register their opinions on curriculum says Dennis Holmes coun Selor and school special projects head. The responsibility for making curriculum decisions is still the schools but we want to know the Community s feelings we think their opinions should count too and this program gives them the Chance to make specific recon  the conferences each Parent evaluates a set of 106 teaching objective identified in a University of California study of 1,100 communities in the u.s., explains Holmes. Mothers and fathers sift cards bearing descriptions of such subjects As modern math citizenship sex education and silent Reading efficiency into five categories ranging from most important to  of first graders Are asked to rate first Grade subjects second Grad parents decide what they think is appropriate for second graders and so on Holmes says. About 120 parents 10 per cent of the school s population were randomly selected to take part says  after three nights of conferences was nearly 100 per cent. The results will be used to identify tar get areas that we need to take a look at says Robert Kaufman principal. School curriculum working groups made up of parents teachers and some upper class students will compare what we re doing with what the study indicates parents want that group will make recommendations to us on planning the . Eugene Burnkrant Baden Wert a lot of women have asked How kicked the movie Magazine habit. Funny you should ask that because Las week just to prove something to myself i suppose i walked right Down the aisle in the supermarket that led me to the Racks of magazines and just stood there for a minute looking. They were All there. Liz and Richard Natalie and Bob. Patty and John. Jackie and Ari and of course Dino and Kathy. And even when i saw a picture of Chad Everett i sunglasses with a headline that teased Chad s tailor says i can prove Chad never wore a paternity suit i squared my shoulders and pushed on toward produce. It was t always that Way. Movie by Erma Bombeck at wits end magazines were ruining my life. I had developed a hypnotic fascination about them that drove me crazy. I used to cruise by them see a headline the night Lucille Ball ordered her son out of the House and go bananas. Later in the car i d read his mattress was on  .1 swore never to buy another one and then would see an other grabber Kathy Lennon tells her Sisters where Roget off they were on the subway at the time Temberg schools superintendent says the program is the first of its kind in the District and credited it with improving school Community ties. This is one school where we Felt it was important something like this be done. Last year we had a number of parents we Odin t feel  getting parents involved is a growing trend both in the states and in us Desea according to or. Allen d. Olson us Desea coordinator for Community affairs. Traditionally the school Board elected by the people said this is the kind of school we want and the professional educators were supposed to implement it. In recent years that s been reversed the educators have been saying this is what you need and what you la get we re trying to go Back to the original system. We re trying to get parents involved in the system at every level an to get the Community to express itself on issues that concern them locally. This includes course Content skills Persona values and attitudes As Well As operational school issues like dress codes  the to Eslingen program Comsat a time when us Desea is requiring its schools to involve parents in the curriculum planning process says Olson. It certainly is the most precise and most structured of the programs and gives parents a Chance to make specific recommendations he  these programs have a fallout Bene fit. When parents get together they see How divergent their views can be he says. On the subject of discipline for example one Parent May want to give teach ers the Tower of the paddle. Another May want no one to touch her child. And in Between there is the whole spectrum of opinion. Then they realize the principal can t please everyone and tolerance emerges. That helps in All these meet  there were movie magazines tucked under every Pillow in the House in every handbag and coat pocket in the car and on every shelf. Not Only was i spending a bundle of Money i was vicariously involved in the problems of every Star in Hollywood. At a gathering of editors one night my dinner partner was quoting Norman cousins lamenting the fact that his Forbes subscription was expiring and confessing he never owned a to set because it is a cultural wasteland. As he turned to me for affirmation i charged then i suppose you Don t care that Debbie is  As he edged away my husband said you need help with your problem. Call someone who is a former  i have no problem i said Buti knew in my heart that the Day i sneaked into a Beauty shop to read How Doris Day knew she was fight ing Middle age she found a wrinkle in her knee Socki had to break the movie Magazine habit. Yesterday i saw John John Kennedy Ona cover and a headline that blared John John has sex change. I ran to the phone to Call a former Magazine addict. Her voice was like a sedative. You know that when you open the Magazine you Are going to find he is going through puberty Don t you thanks i said breathing easily needed  c Field enterprises inc