European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes monday june 11,1990 education Afes May take Over Monitor jobs by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau w1llingen, West Germany a contracting the Exchange service to handle lunchroom Monitor jobs at military schools in West Germany could free up More than 80 teaching positions the school systems director believes. Such a move was recently Given the Legal Green Light by department of defense lawyers according to school director John Stromple who discussed the ruling during the recent american women a activities Germany conference at Willinger. It also was mentioned at the same conference by Millicent w. Woods Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for family support education and safety. In her talk to the women a conference Woods joked a you need to lobby cafes a Little bit to make it  transported through time by John Millar Wurzburg Bureau Wurzburg West Germany a eight year old Josh Cragg seemed to be growing a few feet per second. The Damp Concrete Wall that had loomed As much As 20 feet above the second graders head a few moments before was getting smaller. He Wasny to climbing but he was almost to the Point where he could look Over the Wall. A this is the moment everyone a been waiting for a he said. Cragg 113 classmates and the River boat the youngsters were Riding had just been elevated one giant step in a lock on the main River. It was the first time that Many of the Wurzburg elementary school students had been on a boat let alone through one of the massive a water elevators they a Learned about in school. And it was Only a Small part of a Day filled with firsthand experiences on various types of transportation systems. Transferring responsibility for lunchroom monitors to cafes would affect the whole school system. However the Germany Region the systems largest would feel the greatest Impact Stremple said. A move to contract 475 lunch monitors in West Germany would free up roughly 82 potential teaching slots according to Frank of Gara a Germany Region spokesman. Those slots currently Are taken from the regions annual allowed work hours. Monitors work roughly 10 hours per week of Gara said. However even if cafes could take Over the lunch Monitor program a a source of funding for these work years would have to be identified prior to any move to convert the program a of Gara said. A Dodds would have the slots but not the Money to fund  meanwhile cafes is looking into the matter officials in Munich said Friday. A at the request of Dodds and Usa eur a Fps is seeking guidance from its governing bodies on a suming responsibility of monitoring school k rooms Exchange spokesman air Force master s Dayton Strickland said. On other school issues Stremple said he expects review of bus policies to be finished by the end of in upcoming school years first semester. Bus problems he said Are a one of the most serious concerns in f.  cd among the problems Are non English speaking Drivers and in Many communities a Lack of bus Monitor there also is a confusing division of responsibilities Between Community and schools that has angered parents whose children have been terrorized or injured on Quot the Way to or from school aboard the buses. A i intend to change that a Stremple said contributing to this report education writer Jami Jones in West Germany. I3lsa,l eight second Grade classes from the school recently participated in Daylong Field trips that explored the world of transportation. Second Grade teacher Jean Brown said students had been studying transportation in the classroom for weeks. A Field trip that included rides on trains boats and buses to and from a transportation museum drove the lessons Home she said. A a we be talked in class about How transportation has evolved a Brown said. A but today they re Riding on the train and going through the locks on the River. The whole purpose is to experience the different modes of transportation firsthand instead of just seeing it in a  the trip started with a bus ride to Wurzburg a main train station. Classes walked through the bustling station to their platform and waited for a train that would take them a few Miles North to the town of Geminden. Once they arrived at the Small Riverside town students used another form of transport a they got to experience the earliest Mode of transportation a Brown said about the 15-minute walk to the museum. Inside children were guided through the history of the German rail and postal systems River transportation and the fishing Industry. Outside youngsters clambered aboard the locomotives and boats on display. The students then boarded the River boat Fortuna for a cruise past barges cargo ships and canoes and through the locks before arriving in Wurzburg. A the train was fun because we were going fast and when another train was going by it was like we were going faster a 7-year-old Constance Jones said of that portion of the Days rides. Brown said children were anxious about the train and wanted to know what was going on when it stopped to Board passengers and make Way for other trains. A i Learned when the water Rose up in the lock even farther than it was supposed to it Felt like we weren to rising even when we were a second grader Debbie Robertson said. But another second grader Dynaka Perry Wasny tas impressed with the River journey a i did no to like it much because it Wasny to going fast a the 7-year-old said. The Well travelled students exchanged stories of the Days events As they Rode buses Back to school at Days end. The following Day would involve More transportation Brown said. Her students would make pencils travel Over paper while writing reports on their trip. A amps John Millar Wurzburg elementary school second graders watch from the Back of the riverboat Fortuna above As a lock on the main River closes behind them. During the students trip to a transportation museum in Geminden 7-year-old Sheldon Tate below works the controls of a diesel locomotive on display