European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ghchi of Dod schooling by Mike Spear staff writer the tuition Cost to non sponsored students in the overseas dependents schools has gone up rap idly in recent years and there is no indication that the trend will change any time last year the Cost was but by the begin Ning of this year it was recently it was raised to Anthony director of Trie overseas dependents says it will Likely go up another 15 percent next year which would Pul it Over this tuition Cost is actually a per Pupil Cost to the system and puts overseas schools among the More expensive american the nearest per Pupil Cost comparison among Public schools is new Yorks Texas and Arkansas arc among the lowest in the country with and and highest is Alaska with this tuition which people who Are not connected with the defense department have to pay to Send their children to overseas dependents has some parents one says it Borders on another Parent says Shes already paid her taxes and  Nave to another complains that the High costs Are ridiculous considering the Lack of school sup plies and Quality of Daniel an american civilian attorney at Kai in a letter to stars and said he could Send his daughter to a state University where room Board and books All together would Cost approximately si50 More than tuition alone at  High school and i could keep the int the military funded by the american tax payers asked Shirley Tilghman of Wiesbaden in a letter to also int it a fact that when a military dependent attends a Public that the govern ment pays for any fees that have to be paid and int it stated by the government that All citizens Are entitled to a free Public education through the i2lh Grade of High school another Parent thought the High Cost is deliberate to discourage attendance by dependents of no Active duly armed forces there Are an estimated tuition paying students in the overseas schools card Malc that Means they will pay about million a year to attend the overseas a closer look reveals that inc students arc paying a Little under per Day or about per this is arrived at by dividing the by the approximately 180 classroom Days in the school then dividing that by inc six periods daily in the cardinals Breaks the tuition charge Down into which he says is the Basic rate for running the schools and which he says is for additional the is not arrived at arbitrarily but is the average Cost of educating All of the approximately 000 students in the system which has a budget of about he he attributes the unique circumstances of the system to the higher per Pupil there arc very few if any schools in the stairs thai operate dormitory he theres no other school system in the world that provides a housing allowance for its and there is no other system that provides transportation for its Leac Bere to get Back and Forth to the school also were paying housing and in Bahrain that costs per teacher and it costs to in he theres inc Coil of the shipment of no other system in the slates has these if you subtract those unique costs from the youll come up with something like the average Pupil Cost in the cardinals said the includes percent for acceleration of fringe he said this is directed by the comptroller of the office of the Secretary of de sense and covers such things As Cost for the teacher re health and insurance funds and Cost of the includes surcharges of 4 percent for amortization of the facilities that Are being used by the non sponsored personal and it goes directly to the cardinals he added that the 3 percent goes for the Cost of bookkeeping involving the tuition just because a person pays Federal taxes Doest entitle him to free schooling he a person who leaves the us is not entitled to any kind of american education regardless of the taxes he Cardinale the Law distinctly says that the Secretary of defense shall provide for primary and secondary schools for dependents of military and civilian pcs incl on Active duty and stationed that the Only Mission i have Active duty and the tuition students we the department of defense Doest provide free lie education for private american citizens living to he adding that the history of Public education i that it is a stale the overseas schools Are set in the i he if you live in Maryland and you Are unhappy the schools and you want to Send your child to v ton you Are going to have to pay tuition to Thi Cardinale Washington has no i ability to your child in the same Way that the i department has no responsibility and the Federal i Mem has no responsibility for educating Slu Denti dont live in the in stateside schools c by Patricia Mccormack United press International Confidence in Public schools never has been Survey after Survey critics say what goes on during 12 years of Large school or More ranged to the percent of increase in salary of superintendent ranged from judged by nose diving Scholastic aptitude Lesl scores Over a in l As Good As it 499 students used to and the numbers of critics Are against that consider assistant superintendents highest salary i Sis ant superintendents v principals elementary senior percent crease in average of highest salary paid principal Page 12 iving allow the stars and stripes the word for salaries of teachers and others on the organization Chart at Public schools nationwide is a two letter one a report in the National elementary Jour this school year versus a prey Otth Nal of the National association of elementary school Elc Mcnary percent Junior Higami Adit shows that from pretty Good to skimpy Are the order of the current school year for professionals average of highest salaries paid principal Manning the Public Grade and High systems enrolling or Mew the from the annual education research service inc salary Survey show superintendents in very  Small school systems got the Bat averaging 94 on the Low Side were the percent increases for elementary school assistant the report is based on returns from a Survey of of the Public school systems nationwide enrolling 300 or highlights from the journal report by Bill Pharis executive director of Naesup f superintendents average contract salary 344 Range from to the average reported for enrolling 300 to j assistant principals top salaries report Junior percent of increase in average salary paid assistant this school Wearver previous one percent Junior classroom teachers average of salaries paid