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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, September 5, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday septembers 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 family finds learning at Home is Best 4 Sisters at Small base Mace their own school b Dan Wolla staff writer Moron a Spain As other Chil Dren trudge oui he door bound for the shared experience of learning with their Peers four Sisters crack their books at the family s dining room table. Separated from each other by cardboard partitions the four girls who Range in age from 8 to i i ring a Btl when they need the . Senior master sgt Eugene Carrillo stationed at Moron a and his wife Linda decided to educate their children at Home because nothing else seemed to make sense. We did t know a lol about the schools Here before coming to Spain and we had to make a decision based on the worst Case situation Carrillo said. Worst Case for them meant their oldest daughter Lisa could not live at Home. Moron has an elementary school of 30 children in grades kindergarten through eight a principal and two teachers. But parents of High school age children have two hard choices. Their children can live with a family More than an hour away at Rota naval station and attend school there or they can live in a dormitory at Torrejon a. About a six hour drive and study there. We thought that was a very risky situation said mrs. Carrillo who now includes teaching among her household chores. If she Lisa needs a hug and a kiss tuesday what s she supposed to do wait until the weekend by teaming Al Home. Lisa does t have to wait the four girls Lake courses through the accelerated Christian Edu cation program. Their parents selected the Home study course from several the examined two years ago before they left the United states. The course is designed for self sufficiency. There Are 12 subjects and the parents Monitor the children As they Al ass photo Liy a Pali w. Up Trot the Carrillo Sisters separated by partitions do their i sons As 8-j ear old Deborah left gets help Tram her Mother Linda. Tain specific learning goals. Most of the time the girls study quietly in the dining room absorbed in their Reading assignments and checking their Progress As the instruction books Tell them to their Mother comes to help when she hears the Bell ring. Deborah the youngest child was a different Story because she did t knowhow to read mrs. Carrillo said of her youngest daughter. That took about three fourths of our school  the Carrillos paid about $700 for materials the first year they used the Home study course. The second year was cheaper because some of the materials used by the older girls could be handed Down Carrillo said. The department of defense dependents schools provides Home study courses for families isolated from a Dodds school said Otto Thomas special projects coordinator for the Dodds Mediterranean Region. But the Carrillos have a Dodds school available so the family must Bear the costs of Home education. The school system also hns to avoid Cross ing the line thai separates Church from stale. Several families at Kota Send their children to a Baptist school but Dodds can t help with the costs Thomas said. Situations such As that of the Carrillo family Aren t unusual in the Mediterranean Region Thomas said. The Torrejon dormitory houses about 60 High school students whose families Are scattered from saudi Arabia to Africa. Lisa enjoys being in a class by herself. I feel like i can go at my own Pace i m not intimidated by other students and i Don t have to Wail for somebody who does i understand she said. But mrs. Carrillo said Home study docs create social problems for her Chil Dren. The other children usually have already made plans with their classmates by they Lime they get Home from school she said. Her children Are often left out of those plans she said. This Carrillos Start their third year of Home education this fall. The Carrillos plan to see this year through then return to the United Stales and place the Chil Dren in Public schools. Science teacher injured in blast school evacuated Price Utah up a High school science teacher was seriously injured wednesday when two Chemi cals he was mixing for a class exploded forcing the evacuation of nearly 900 students officials said. Teacher Dan Taylor was rushed to a Picc Hospital for treatment of Burns and cuts from flying Glass hews later transported to the University of Utah medi Cal Center in Salt Lake. .,-."he was mixing two chemicals and it exploded Carbon High school principal Eugene Crocco said. No students were injured. He was mixing the Chemi cals in a private storage and lab area. It was not inside b Taylor was preparing a demonstration for a morning science class when the blast occurred Crocco said. The entire school was cleared for 90 minutes. Its 890 students remained outside while fire Crews used blowers to air out the school Crocco said. Mal Yviricu the building because we were not sure whether that Type of chemical re action would create dangerous fumes Crocco  was in serious but stable condition with injuries of his left hand one Eye and abdominal area University Hospital spokeswoman Anne Brill mgr said. Stry teacher Loren Bailey said Taylor was appear  phosphorus and potassium  former student sentenced a former University of Hills was hande Down by Superior court judge Fred Woods. Tradition violating bus a photo hasidic jewish schoolboys wave away a school bus wednesday at a Uryas Joel n.y., because its Driver is one of live women who Are among those assigned to drive the area s school buses. The custom of the boys orthodox Husidic sect prohibits mixing of the sexes outside the family. Up id 1,000 children in the hasidic Community 60 Miles North of new York City could be affected by the bid to break the sex separa Tion custom. A lawyer for the sect stressed that the segregation is part of centuries old  As the school year begins some or the boys walk to school and others halt for a bus driven by a Man  
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