European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 26, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 team does t leave teachers in lurch Bidav Walczak education writer Rhein main a Germany Barbara Holstein told Dodds officials she d be ready for them. But would they be ready for her she pondered that As the pan am Jet approached Frankfurt International Airport. The letter she had received from department of defense dependent schools officials said someone would meet her. Thai was two months ago. I had that paper in my briefcase Holstein said. But you keep thinking what am 1 going to do now .1 " the aug Simon that bothered her in route from Cincin Nati to her Job As a fifth Grade teacher at  away when Barry Cox appeared at the exit ramp holding a Small sign in red letters. Welcome Dodds teach arc it read. Welcome Barbara Holstein. Con is a Mcclur Gruel or one of nine teachers who spend two weeks meeting and greeting stateside hired teachers entering the Dodds Germany Region for the first time. Headquartered at the Rhein main Middle school Library the Mectch greeter team is the Region s first step in a process that will put the stateside hired teach ers in classrooms by sept. 4, one Day before the Start of the school year. The whole thing is super organized said Sharon pm crying a fifth Grade teacher on her Way to Flau hold or. The signs were right there. You could t miss them. I Don t think the whole process took More than one  i believed what they told me said Terri Holtzclaw who left Greenville . To Leach Art at Darmstadt elementary school. The letter from Dodds said someone would meet me and i saw the sign. I Don t know what i would have done if they weren t there the team transports teachers from Frankfurt Imoma Lional and Rhein main and to the Middle school where they can receive Advance pay. The team Ihnn i Oinui i. The receiving schools and the 21st replacement in which arranges transportation in teacher final destination. Frank Clawson the team Leader said psychology is part of the Job some of the teachers have heard horror stories on the plane about places like wit Flecken or Grafin Woc fir. I always try to say something positive about their assignments. If it s Grafen Wocher i la say that Snear the Crystal factories if it s a big City i la try to say something about what big City life has to offer the number of teachers arriving varies daily. Two arrived aug. 15, one Day after the team went 10 work aug. 19 was the Peak Day when 76 arrived most of them on a military Airlift come flight into Rhein main. The team had greeted 205 teachers after 11 Days of work. Some of the Sci Imald 350 stateside hired teachers will bypass the Mccoler arc Etc team which ceases operations aug. 29. Those assigned to Northern German Fly into Hamburg. Some of those assigned to Southern Germany will land in Stuttgart or Munich. They be streamlined this operation every year said Clawson a Wiesbaden Middle school social stud ies teacher working his ninth year As part of inc meet or arc ctr team. We Don t gel every teacher Here like we used  Mcclur arc Clur team began operations near Frank flirt in i9fi2, a Dodds Germany spokesman said. He said Dodds has had some sort of introductory team since the Region began operations in l�-48, when arrivals came by ship. The Region allocates More than is 5,500 for the team with most of it used to pay salaries. The Region also rents a Van to transport Luggage. Pat Harris and Bonnie Anderson of Rhein main Middle schooled Burgmann of Wiesbaden High school Corrie Chapman of Mannheim Middle school Lannic Roberds of Frankfurt Junior High and Carol Parmenter of argon or elementary school in Hanau share them Ter Glecier duties. The sad part about this Job is we rarely hear from the people after they leave Here Chapman said. You see these people Only a Short Lime and then they  no protesters meet aids victim at school Kokomo ind. Will icon age aids victim Rvan White answered school Bells at Western High school monday for the first Day of classes. There were no protests Ai the school. Ryan. 14, barred from regular classes most of last year because he had aids Rode the school bus with other students and did not talk to reporters and photographer who lined up outside the building where he would attend his Goth Grade classes. Ryan s Mother said he was so anxiously get Back to school that he began read ing his textbooks several Days ago. His Mother said his health certificate was renewed last week after routine me-1 ical examinations by his personal doctor and or. Alan Adler Howard county health officer. The parents opposing Ryan s admission to school gave up their court Battle recently and say they will work for legislation to ban aids victims from schools when the Gen eral Assembly convenes next year. Ryan who contracted acquired immune deficiency syndrome during treatment for Haemophilia spent most of the last school year studying at Home linked to class rooms by a Telephone computer Hookup while the parents of some classmates tried Roget the courts to keep him out of school. Ryan s lawyers arguing there is no evidence aids is spread through casual Contact prevailed and the boy was readmitted to school when the school year was nearly Over. Schools superintendent . Smith said the District will take the same Szalc Ord Rcd precautions it took last Yea when Ryan attended Middle school such As providing separate eating utensils and bathroom facilities. There arc about 1,000 pupils in the five grades at Western High school. We never doubted that he d be there this year said Milzie Johnson Leader of the parents who oppose Ryan s presence at the school. What we have to do now is go through the legislature and the govern mental process she said. You have to get inc Law that la work for you  Ryan contracted aids in december 1984 and Smith barred him from classes on july 30, 1985. He studied Ai Home until feb. 21, when he was allowed backing school after a special stale education panel and Adler agreed the boy did not pose a threat to other students. That same Day he was barred again when parents obtained a temporary re straining order in Howard county Cir Cuit court. But Clinton county circuit judge Jack o Neill threw out the order april 10, allowing Ryan Back in classes for thesis remaining weeks of the school year. Some parents then created their own school in Russiaville to keep their Chil Dren away from Ryan. The Indiana court of appeals last month rejected an Appeal of o Neill ruling and the parents gave up their Legal fight because of funding problems. Schooldays Down South up Phola stud Ingersoll 7, finds his Pencil i pm entry school in Columbia , usty trait during spelling lesson on begins another year of practising the the first Day of school the second three is last like thousands of under who attends Hawson West Al other schoolchildren across the South military is blocks Best option lawmaker laments by Connie Dickey staff writer Frankfurt a Black congressman says it is unfortunate opportunities for Blacks in the military Are so Good. Blacks Are finding the Only Way they can earn Money and a higher education is o go into the Mili tary rep. George w. Crockett d-mich., said Mon Day. The Good part is that More and More Are being promoted to staff  another Point in the military s favor is thai More Blacks Are being recommended to military academies he said. Asked How he views opportunities for Blacks in the military Crockett said extremely Good unfortunately he said he believe i Blacks enter the military because1 United slates. He said he of High unemployment in tie United slates also believes Many members of Congress encourage people to join the military As a substitute to improving .  Crockett knows first hand the difficulties Blacks can face in obtaining a higher education. Recalling Bis College experience he said there was Only one prestigious Black Law College then Howard University Law school and White colleges had  went to the University of Michigan Law school and was Only the second Black in 19 1 to be in the Law school he was the Only Black to graduate in 1934. The 77-year-old Crockett who was elected to icehouse of representatives in 1980, said he sen his role As not Only representing his constituents in Detroit but representing All Blacks. He said More Blacks should Register to vote and concentrate on getting More Blacks elected. And he urged All service member to vote. Voting is Alt important for everyone. I would like to see More service members exercise their right to use the Absentee ballots. The Only Way we can turn around present policies in through voting he said the most important Issue now facing Ameri cans is the november election. It will be crucial to see if the Senate will be Republican or democratic. If it does become democratic we will have a democratic Congress and we will see an altogether different foreign policy As Well As  Cro Cliett is visiting Europe As a guest of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity which asked him to be its guest Ai the 23rd annual Black and White Ball saturday Atsch Etingen Castle he has practice Law in Florida West Virginia Michigan and Washington . Crockett was the first Black lawyer with the . Department of labor in 1939 and was one of the first hearing examiners for the fair employment practices commission