European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The sta3s and stripes Page 9 Winter Puzzle buses running school dosed heres How those decisions Are reached by John Glass Stuttgart Bureau chief Stuttgart it was a scene reminiscent of the Golden Days of the family was huddled around a radio listening but they we rent listen ing to Burns and Allen or even their favor he soap they were waiting to hear if the school buses would run or if the schools would be closed because of the inclement during the Winter scenes such As this Are repeated almost daily some where Here in and because it is a common it raises common ques Oklahoma where the dancers whirl members of the German american club of cavort in a Lively Folk dance in Oklahoma their performance in the state Capitol is part of a German american festival also featuring choral groups and other begin Cabinet believed near fall in Israel Jerusalem up a change of heart by a key coalition partner Friday less ened but did not totally eliminate prospects for the fall of prime minister Menachem begins Cabinet and Early National elec the development thursday followed pub Lic acknowledgements by coalition parties that a forthcoming meeting of the begin Cabinet would Seal the Fate of the begin himself warned through an aide that he would resign if he is left with a minority government after sundays cab inet in such a Case elections be moved up from their scheduled novem Ber Date to May or the Cabinet was to decide a dispute be tween education minister Zebulun Ham Mer and finance minister Yigael Hurvitz on whether to adopt recommendations to Grant wage increases to the nations Hurvitz insists that the government reject the but Hammer de mands that they be adopted without Hurvitz has threatened to resign and pull his three member Rafi faction from the coalition if he does not have his but in a sudden change of heart Ham mers National religious party said it will not quit the coalition even if Hammer is the nip has 12 votes in the 120member it was not immediately Clear what effect the rps new stance would have on be gins intention to resign or on rafts determination to pull concern for the careerist1 Warner reintroduces legislation for go Bill by Grace Blancett Washington Bureau chief Washington calling it an absolute necessity for Well trained and Happy service men and John Warner has reintroduced legislation to establish a pos Vietnam i the Virginia Republican said his ver Sion of the i Bill would improve the qual Ity of career military give them incentive to remain in the armed services and increase general education Warners which would Cost More than billion each would provide eighteen months of educational assistance for serving three years on Active duty and committing to serve three years Japan digs out of heaviest snowfall in 18 years Tokyo a the government sent soldiers to Central and Northern Japan to help residents dig out of the heaviest snowfall in 18 More than five feet of Snow have fallen in the area in the past 10 leaving at least 29 people dead and so Mountain climbers several thousand people in isolated Mountain hamlets were reported Cut off As drifts up to 10 feet High clogged roads and railway in the Active thirty six months of benefits for four years of Active duty and four years Active Reserve thirty six months of benefits for serving six years on Active duty before Tak ing advantage of the i there would be no Active Reserve 36 months of education Bene fits could be transferred to a spouse or child of a military member who had served at least 16 years on Active former Secretary of the said his Bill shows concern for the Ca Why  someone who has served 20 years and not been Able to use the benefits pass them on to his family although Congress failed to act on Warners and several other versions of education packages for the military last Warner said he is absolutely confident Congress will push through a package this if Warners Bill would apply to service members entering the service on or after or after the Date the Bill is the Vietnam Era version of the i Bill has been replaced by the contributory educational assistance Mili tary personnel now contribute their own Money to an education and the government matches the contribution 2 to 1 for a maximum total of tons Why Are the school buses running or not running in a Given and Why is one school closing while another in the same area remains open Allen Dale Dodds Liaison to Usa eur explained How these Deci Sions Are weve tried almost every method of determining which schools close and which buses run or dont run because of bad he the Best method weve found is the one that we Are now using if the local Community commander determines that Road conditions Are too then the buses dont if a principal determines that too Many children Are or will be absent from his school because of the buses not then he has the authority to close Olson said that a principal determines this Absentee Factor by a set if the percentage of students Riding the bus and not attending because of bus cancellations is at least 25 percent of the schools total student then the principal is authorized to cancel classes for that Olson said since most parents dont know about the 25 percent Standard for closing the the policy can Lead to we have situations at some of our posts where one school will have mostly students who reside on Post and walk to another school on the same Post will have More than 25 percent of the schools enrolment Riding one school May close Down while the other remains one Factor that puts pressure on a school not to close Down is Olson said that Many people dont realize that a school must be open a minimum number of instructional Days during a school year to maintain counting teacher workshop holi Days and the he this Only leaves us five Days that we can close with out having to make the Days that is Why the decision to close or keep school open during bad weather is often left to the latest possible Many times it is possible to delay the opening of school for several hours hoping we wont have to cancel Olson weather conditions can change and a Deci Sion made at to cancel the buses might look stupid at 7 after the roads have been while Olson is Correct that Early Deci Sions might not remain valid when the weather it is sometimes a fairly difficult process to determine Road conditions in a Large geographical area in a timely for in the greater Stuttgart military Community the Provost marshals office is responsible for collect ing the weather and Road condition reports from four different As Well As from military police patrols and German police and transmit Ting the data to the local safety or to the Gumc staff duty if after duty the safety or duty officer must then obtain a current weather forecast to weigh against the observed weather reports be fore a decision can be made on whether or not to cancel out a Community school to make this the do or safety officer takes All of the available information and matches it against four different conditions listed and explained on a weather the four conditions Are red and red condition Green Means that the weather is and each condition thereafter signifies a worsening weather a Gumc spokesman said that when red impassable is neither the military nor the contract school buses run until the weather picture former publisher Dies Cleveland a Herman a lawyer and former publisher of the Cleve land Plain dealer has he was