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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, September 1, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. September 1, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 Sis photos Fay Iran a Fence around the construction site is marked with the stat of David a symbolic bloody Stone and three dates 1461, when the Jewth ghetto was founded 19 8, the year of "krlstallnachc1 the night 01 broken Glass when Ntilis smashed windows of jewish shops and tort apart synagogues and 1987, protesters and curious passers by listen to a student of archaeology recite some of the history of he old jewish Community discovered Durann excavations in Frankfurt. Demonstrators occupy historic jewish ghetto b Edh Kavels staff writer Frankfurt protestors seeking o pro serve Frankfurt s 500-year-Otd jewish ghetto have occupied the future site of a customer serv ice Center for the City Gas and electric works. The occupation which was in its fifth Day monday comes in spite of an offer by Frankfurt official to build a museum around he remains of a Mikvah a women s ritual Bath and five Isth a Colury houses uncovered during excavations on Boerner Square. The Square was the Home of Frankfurt s jew ish Community in he Middle Ages and later the Birthplace of the Rothschild dynasty. We intend to stay there until they Slop construction said Micha Brumlik a University of Heidelberg professor who is acting As spokesman for the demonstrators. There is much More to be uncovered and we Don t want to lose  about 20 demonstrators began occupying the site thursday evening. The number swelled to 800 Over the weekend but dwindled to about 30 by noon monday. However by Urlik said the activists have worked out shifts to keep the site occupied around the clock. It s a Battle Stone for Slonic Square meter for Square meter he said. Despite the weekend crowds the occupation has not won wide support in the City s jewish leadership Accord ing to spokesman Ignaz Bubis. I think if the City must build on this site we have achieved with the museum the Best we could under the ," he said. But i Don t think the City necessarily must build on this  on monday Wolfram Brueck Frankfurt s lord mayor was to ask jewish Leaden the Chris Tian churches and the Heads of the local social democratic party and the Green party for help in convincing the demonstrators to leave the construction site a City spokesman said. Since april the utilities company has spent about $6 million excavating he site. The build ing is expected to Cost another $35 million a company spokesman said. The construction is the second dispute Pilling jews against the City in the past year. In october the jewish Community Sior Mcd the stage of Frankfurt s Kamrune Spicl or Little Theair to prevent the staging of trash the City and a Cash a  play by Caincr Werner Fassbinder thai was considered anti semitic by its critics. 1 St Day brings few problems to Dodds schools from Page 1 the Sulzbach school were in classrooms 12 minutes after the scheduled Sun ing time of 8a.m. There  the usual number of kids who forgot their lunches but things ran smooth As  he said. The buses were supposed in leave Here at 2 10 and they left at 2 15. Thai s pretty Good for the first  Schyberg and other school officials were keeping close tabs on enrolment. Germany Region finance officials have predicted a total of 86,232. We re definitely Down said oar Misch elementary principal Ruis me Clam. One military unit had a smaller group of people than expected and we re very sensitive to changes in  Mcclain. Who doubles As the school s kindergarten leather said Only 9"� Stu dents enrolled this Jear. Compared id 115 in jo.b6-s7. Bonn High Sci idol principal Louclla Cobson reported a very quiet first  in which enrolment reached 306. The Region finance office projected 325. Jacobson traced part of the drop to s falloff from the International Community which comprises a Large segment of the school for grades seven through 12. He is confident however that enrol ment will top 340 later in the year. A Schaffenburg elementary had More kids than expected said principal Jim Halley. We expected to have 950 and we have 988, we must have a very Fertile area in  Wiesbaden High school principal Roger Youngman said he would be looking for classroom spec after More than 1.000 students in grades nine through 12 showed up. The school was expecting 4 0. We re supposed to get three portable classrooms but they won t be ready until  Youngman said. We re final my leathers in and out of classrooms. We were hoping to move out of some in Dement classrooms but thai won t be possible  at meierhof elementary 18 Miles West of Worms enrolment fell just three Short of the projected i3s, principal Gary Waltner said students and faculty encountered a smooth opening except for one first Grade boy who was suffer ing from  Monchen Gladback elementary Prin Cipal Anne Bridge said she Bud no complaints after opening Day. No one got lost and All the buses arrived on time. We had 115 students and that s exactly what we thought we would. The Region said we d Only have 103, but i sent them a Little note and said they were wrong she said. Grafe Woehr elementary came up six Over a projected enrolment of 480. Prin Cipal kit hard Sagerman said All went Well until the end of the Day. We had the usual turmoil associated with the school buses some of the Little kids did t know which bus 10 gel  busts were one problem that principal a i Many did i have to worry about on his first Day at Wal cd elementary in Baum older. We re a unique school in that everyone walks to school from the housing area he said it was o a icily quiet first Day. I just came from Kaiser Slathern High and there s not As much Hustle and Bustle in an Elc Mcnary  Pitburg elementary principal Joe Kane said the school enrolled Only 934 students 100 shy of the Region s projection. But he predicted that it will reach the higher figure by november. Heidelberg Middle school principal Don Johnson said we re right on tar get. We have about 770 students and that s about what we had last year. We have five new teachers but we re still looking for an instrumental music Leacher. If you hear of one Lei me know he added. Each Grade in kaisers Lautem High school was Ira cd 10 an Assembly part of a get acquaint cd program by Bill la Clair who was principal at Berlin High school last year. We plan to be the prize school in All of Germany he said. This is a dream come Irue for me. My daughter graduated from a town High school. I taught fourth Grade in kaisers Lauvern 5"i years ago. We re looking Forward to a great   
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