European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 27, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 3changes in store for returning pupils e e a amps. Gary Miller Tom Deangel sports coordinator at the High school in Naples Italy hands out class schedules to a group of seniors including Caterina Natale Center and Michele Mogan. By Jimi Jones education writer Mannheim Germany a ten year Olds Kristen Ballard and Sicley Robinson started their fifth Grade school year at Mannheim elementary school on monday but they wont finish the year there. Sometime during the year Kristen Sicley and thousands of other children in military overseas schools will pack up and move to the United states As a result of troop reductions in Europe. By the end of the 1991-92 school year which began monday enrolments in department of defense dependents schools in Germany alone Are expected to drop significantly because of the ongoing draw Down. The school year began with about 80,000 pupils in the system in Germany Down from last years 90,000, officials said. Mannheim May be one of the few exceptions for this year. It began school with 1,750 in its elementary grades. A i done to think we Are going to lose children fast a said principal Joan Wilcox. What they have Felt is the effect from schools that closed last year she said. A we have gotten new teachers from schools that closed. We have teachers from Ulm Schwabish Amund Liesheim and Goppinger. That a positive a she said. A and another positive is that we be gotten a lot of their materials. That a the Only overt sign that we see that something is happening in Dodds. Nothing else has changed for  1 so far there have been no serious rumours that Mannheim will draw Down or close and most assume Mannheim will remain As it is. A a that a what everybody says but Only Gen. Crosbie a Saint knows for sure. We done to expect to lose kids or teachers at this time a said Wilcox referring to the commander of the . Army in Europe. The children May not have a full grasp of Why the draw Down is taking place but they do know what it Means to leave friends behind and Start at a new school. Some Are sad at the Prospect of leaving and having to make new friends but some Are just Happy to be Back at school. A a in a tend of Happy to be Back because where i live i done to have any friends a Kristen said a a it a a Little German town and hardly any  Kristen a family leaves Mannheim in november for North Carolina but she is not unhappy about the move she said. A leaving my friends will be kind of sad and in be thought about the hurricanes about How to make new friends what my new school will be like but in a looking Forward to North Carolina a she said. A Germany is the Only place in be Ever been that was out of  Kristen a classmate Sicley was More sentimental at the thought of leaving her friends behind. A you have to say goodbye to everybody and go to a new school in the states and make new friends a Sicley said. A but you want to come Back because your old friends Are Here and you love them. You want to talk to them but  be Here and you la be there. Its a hard Long distance to talk to them.�?�. Seventh grader Nicole Mason May or May not be completing her Junior High school years in Baum older. A my dad might be going to the states a said Nicole with a shrug. She is a student at the school for the first time this year. If her family moves Nicole said she would be a Kinda upset. In be met a lot of people and id be leaving  while Many students shared the uncertainty of whether the 1991-92 school year would be their last overseas others knew where they would be this time next year. A a in la be Here next year a said David Dawson a new eighth grader. David added that he Felt Good about returning next year because he likes Baum older. Jennifer and James Cassan sister and brother know that they wont finish this year in Baum older. A a we re leaving nov. 7,�?� said James a seventh grader. A a we be already got orders a Jennifer an eighth grader who. Attended Baum older Junior High last year said she is not too upset at the Prospect of leaving. A a we be been Here Over three years a she said. The Only drawback to the family a move to fort Carson colo., both admitted was leaving behind friends. Stefan d. Gibson a returning eighth grader knows that his time at Baum older is Short too. Stefan said his family is moving to the states sometime around october and he is a looking Forward to it a kind  meanwhile Stefan Hopes to make his last months in Germany Good ones. His no a Mason expectations for school include a Nice teachers meeting More new people and Fine  a group of friends surrounding him laughed and agreed that there were plenty of a Fine  Haugh older s Junior and senior i Gigli schools share one facility. According to the first Days enrolment figures the High school has 379 students and the Junior highs seventh and eighth grades have 342 pupils.  say that this years enrolment is up from last years. Students starting their first school year at Naples High school Are excited about their academic careers in Europe. A a in la remember Naples High school because we get to do different things Quot said Katie Germeshausen 17, who began her Junior year monday. Ltd a in a used to having sports facilities right on the school grounds. I Lere we go to Carney Park a Katie said. Carney Park is the Naples naval support activity recreation facility located less than five Miles from the school. A a it a neat because you can visit any place in Europe and friends in the states want to come because Many of them would like to do the same a said Junior Andrea Kelly 17. A a it a easier Here. There Arentt As Many a pressures As there Are in the states a said Sophomore Jason Wofford 15. Quot schools have violence and drugs in the states that you done to see As much of Here. 1 Lere you can also travel a lot Here and see a lot of new  contributing to this report staff writers Peggy Davidson in Baum older and Gary Miller in Naples