European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages. The stars and stripes tuesday May 13, 19s6. Dodds disputes claims of Over staffing by Charlie Bowden staff writer overseas school system officials disagree with both the methodology find substance of acc Cal organizational audits Llinat say the department or defense dependents schools i overstaffed and should be reorganized. Dodds director Bah Stephens is critical of at ice inspector general report which concluded thai tie world wide school system is overstaffed at both regional and Washington Headquarters. She Sard in study made Rah or drastic suggestions. We did nol big acc with dial study Stephens old the european Congress of parents teachers Ami. Students during its annual convention in Iii Iscon crr onily Las week. Dodds later a std for another study la be conducted by the . Army manpower requirements and documentation Agency Europe the second study eventually involved a five Dodd school regions overseas Stephens said and concluded Fml the system was overstaffed but Only by three positions. The 1c did nol want to accept those findings so the asked that another study be conducted this time by the Pentagon manpower Agency Stephens to a nearly 200parents, teachers and administrators during to panel Dis Cussion that included the directors of the Germany Region and the Atlantic Region. The third study recommended eliminating 79 position sat Dodds Headquarters in Washington and regional and sub regional offices to save $2 million by the Enid of this fiscal year. Other recommendations included moving curriculum development from the regions to Dodds Headquarters in Washington consolidating the Atlantic and Mediterranean regions and eliminating duplication of services by Dodds and military medical officials by giving the Mili tary Marc responsibility for diagnosing and treating exceptional said Dodds is understaffed when compared to school systems of similar size and similar duties. Her rebuttal has been included in a report forwarded Loc Hapman Cox assistant Secretary of defense for Force management and personnel. While the response is no Lofficial since it has not reviewed by con s office Stephens Sard it Points out hat not All inc available information was used in compiling the third report. Thin study compared us with the hawaiian school system because we re More nearly like it than any other . Public school system Stephens said. But the also compared. Dodds with Fairfax county schools in Virginia and Montgomery county schools i Maryland they collected Dula but they chose not to use said the data was very favourable toward the report also tended to compare the school system with Oiler Federal agencies or military services and it left out the travel time involved in supervising a worldwide network of schools so said. -. The report did not recognize the travel Lime that i involved As a supervisor goes from Torrejon a in Spain Over Inlo Turkey or Bahrain Stephens the third study Muin gained that Dodds was overstaffed by about 79 positions the inspector general determined that Dodds was staffed by about 150 too Many people Stephens said. Although she disagrees with the manpower study recommendation Stephens said officials would attempt to Cuttle 79 positions by attrition Over a three year period. I do nol think anybody should become anxious about their jobs she said. We Are going to state loudly and firmly every time react a Chance that Douds is understaffed in comparison with other school systems that arc providing the Jamequa Lidyof education that we re providing so said. Stephens also disagreed with the recommendation to consolidate the Atlantic and Mediterranean regions. We do not agree with that Stephens Sard. They had been combined once in the past and we found thai it was not a Good Way to administer these schools in addition Stephens criticized the makeup of the learn of inspectors. They were nol educators and yet they unhesitatingly tackled our every educational policy or decision she said. Atlantic Region director Joe Larkin sharply attacked he recommendation to consolidate curriculum development in Washington. He said the changes would have to Start at the lower Levels such As with the people attending the conference i just cannot agree with anyone who says that we can eliminate the specialists at or near the school level where they can work with group of parents and teachers o Detour curriculum where it should be Larkin said. Joe blocks cad Germany Region director said the study suggested that Dodds adopt its curriculum from existing programs in United slates schools. We d just pick up Here and in arc he said Bui there would be no ownership among teachers or parents in the Field at nil ,. German president visits victims of disco blast by Joe Mapother staff writer Berlin Richard von Weizsacker the German president monday assure survivors of the la Belle disco bombing that despite i hair experiences they will go Hack to the Stales knowing they stand on common ground with he German people. Weizi Hacker visited survivors of Ihebom Bing during a one Day visit to Berlin. During a 25-Minule address at an officer club Wiz Saeck reaffirmed Ibe shared interests of americans and germans. Despite such terrible events and behave experienced them at la Beile or per haps also despite some debate or discussion that was somewhat hard you will go Back to the United states with the certainly that we Are standing and Wilt go on land ing on common ground told about 150 people at the Harnack House the address ended a tour of the a Drewsand Mcnair Barracks where much of the Berlin brigade is quartered. said he understood Why president Ragas ordered retaliatory strikes against Libya after thai country wasted to the april bombing because the discotheque attack was directed against Amer lean was not Only inevitable but right lop Rove that a government such As the Ameri can government is not prepared to sit an do nothing when they see that their citizens spec 4 Tracy Billig Sefca up tasks with German president Richard von Weizsaecker. And their friends Are in danger from those madmen Weizsaecker said m an apparent reference to Fie libyan government of col to amour khad Afy but he asked for us. Understanding of the German position As a divided country within a european Alliance that has declined to take the economic sanctions against Libya that the United states re queued. I Don t think we disagree on what Weare aiming Al said. But some governments Are disagreeing on Ibe question whether certain proposed instruments Are leading to their end Weizsaecker spoke about the wive of terrorism that swept Germany during the Pas decade and he termed incidents such As the la Belle bombing pan of a new wave of product recall Munich a Bax Handlebar Stem lamp supplied with 124 headmaster Bicy cles in 1985 does not meet . Consume product safely commission bicycle safety standards a arts Europe said. 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Related Story Page wreaths were Laid to commemorate the deaths of 75 Allied airmen and German civilians during he 1948-49 Airlift which supplied Western sectors of the City wit food and fuel. Sunday was the 27th anniversary of the Day the russians lifted their blockade of land routes to West Berlin. Visitors at he open House encountered Light Security in the Wake of in e bombing of a Berlin discotheque frequented by american service members the disco was bombed five weeks ago officials last week expressed Hopco tha the crowd would exceed the i985atten dance of 500,000 people air Force it col John Al. Timp declined to speculation the reasons for the smaller Crowll the Security presence was there and twas obvious but i Don t think in was in Inu Way offensive to the crowd Kump said a number of events in Boriin met the weekend includes a bicycle race Mas have siphoned off some the expected la Belle attack differed from Inci dents in the 1970s in that the perpetrator were nol dissatisfied germans and everyday people were targeted instead of representative members of society Weizsaecker said. At Andrews Barracks Weizsaecker spoke to eight soldiers who were injured in the april 5 disco bombing attack thai killed an army sergeant and a turkish woman. Spec. 4 Tracy Billingslea a 22-year-Oldfrom or Radolla go was among those to whom Weizsaecker spoke Billingslea said he described the Burns he received to his face and right Arm in response to questions from Weizsaecker. Bill Galea assigned to the 4th in 502ndregt, Berlin brigade said that he was hospitalized for eight Day after the bombing but thai he die not hold that against the Eity of Berlin. Utill go oui Billingslea said. But headed mostly in the of the injured americans three remain hospitalized two of them in stateside Hospi tals. The third army staff sgt James coins remains in Berlin,.whcre tin army spokesman monday said his condition remains critical pm of Goms legs were amputated As a result of injuries received in the blast he has Burn Saver much Achis body. I ,� a rec la Bce suspect arrested by West Berlin police have admitted com b a 3f in an attack on a German Arab Friendship league that occurred about a week before the la Belle bombing. 298th signal co Soldier Dies in one car Accident a Ignal co. Donnersberge radio relay station was killed in a one Ca Accident near 8 21t support come spokesman said monday. police and fire departments responded to the Accident Mon Day morning. The Soldier was taken by in r?nrf1ni.ilnce to the army nose to islands Lull where he was pronounced dead it a
