European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes Friday March 27, 1992union lists 12 schools due to closed Odds can t announce plans yet by the stars and stripes several Dodds schools Are slated to close at the end of the school year school and Union officials say. A March 6 teachers Union newsletter listed 12 schools in Germany slated to close by the end of the school year. A spokesman for the department of defense dependents schools confirmed there was a list but gave no details. Frank of Gara spokesman for the Germany Region said . Army Europe officials were the Only ones who could disclose which schools Are on it. The sea Leader a Union publication listed Al eme Starics in Bundlach Flensburg Goppinger Kiesel Bronn Pforzheim Leitheim Nellinger osterholz Prum and Wertheim As slated for closure. Also included in the list were Heilbronn elementary Middle school and Munich elementary and Munich High school which were identified last year for closure at the end of the 1991-92 school year. In addition Union and school sources said this week that element Aries in Buren Herborn Seelbach so gel and werhof will close at the end of the school year. They also said osterholz High school and osterholz elementary will Combine. A the authority to open and close schools rests with the military commands a of Gara said. A once the list of proposed closings has been fully. Coordinated with Usa eur and . Air forces in Europe officials Dodds Germany will make the list  of Gara said that once the list is disclosed the Region will announce its redistricting plan which he said will reduce the number of Germany Region districts from eight to seven. Top school officials acknowledged last week that up to 20 Dodds schools in Germany could close at the end of the school year. Jan Pepelnjak spokeswoman for the overseas education association in Germany said Region officials have confirmed the upcoming closures. She and other Union officials Are negotiating Over Job losses associated with the shutdowns. John Stremple the school systems director said last week that he had a no Way of knowing if the number of schools would exceed 20. A we Are told somewhat in Advance but i have no Public information nor any know ledge about additional closures of  Stremple was in bad Kissinger to attend the annual Germany Region administrators workshop. The sea newsletter told its members that the accelerated draw Down of . Forces in Europe and the . Withdrawal from the Subic Bay naval facilities in the Philippines led to More school closures worldwide than previously expected. In addition to european closings Dodds will close the three schools in Subic Bay. Dodds Germany personnel officials said last week that closings and declining enrolments have resulted in about 1,2 x a a excess positions in Germany for the 1992-93 school year including about 50 administrators and More than 800 teachers. Those figures Are based on staffing the regions schools on a projected enrolment of 61,000 students. The positions do not necessarily translate into jobs. Pepelnjak said Union members continue to express concern Over How school closures will affect their jobs. She said Many teachers have Little Confidence that personnel offices have the staff and expertise to carry out an equitable reduction in Force. Nato plans talks on Aid to the East by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a defense ministers from nato nations will join their counterparts from Central and Eastern Europe and the former soviet republics wednesday to Hammer out plans for future dialogue on defense matters. During the half Day meeting the defense leaders Are expected to endorse measures such As defense related seminars and workshops designed to assist the developing democracies a senior nato official said thursday. The meeting is a follow up to discussions involving foreign ministers from the 35 countries that belong to North Atlantic cooperation Council. The Western Alliance formed the Council in december As a Means to cooperate with the fledgling democracies without offering them nato membership. Nato nations have offered their expertise to the new Council members Many of whom Are reorganizing their defense structures. A this is an Opportunity to identify with them what they would be interested in discussing with us a the official said. It is not a forum in which nato will be telling its cooperation partners what they should do he said. A of course there Are a lot of areas where we can offer them assistance but it is intended to be a genuine dialogue he said. All nato defense ministers except Frances Pierre Joe Are expected to attend the meeting. France withdrew from the alliances military command in 1966. Representatives from most of the 11 former soviet republics Central and Eastern european countries As Well As the new Baltic nations Are expected to attend. The 12th former soviet Republic of Georgia while a cooperation partner Quot in principles has not yet been admitted into Council membership and will not participate the official said. Today officials from the former soviet republics will return to nato Headquarters for a second round of talks on a 199u treaty that Calls for Large cuts in conventional weapons in Central Europe. Leaders of the republics and the Alliance have been seeking ways to implement the conventional forces in Europe treaty a without reopening negotiations. 3 american children Hurt in blast at Darmstadt military housing area a girl late t a amps Jim Der Tiomi receives medical care after she and two other children were Hurt in a blast thursday afternoon at a Darmstadt Germany military housing area. By Crystal Laureano staff writer Darmstadt Germany three american children were injured when an unidentified device exploded in the Street that runs through a Darmstadt military housing area thursday evening. The explosion occurred about 5 15 . On the main Road that passes through the Jefferson Village housing area adjacent to Cambrai Fritsch Cavern. Several witnesses said the explosion sounded As loud As a hand grenade. A a in be thrown a grenade before. I know what it sounds like a said a sergeant who resides in the housing area. Three German fire trucks a German ambulance and an american ambulance from the Darmstadt military clinic were on the scene by 5 30 . One boy and two girls ranging in Ages from 7 to 10 were injured said it. Col. William Harkey Darmstadt Community spokesman. Two of the children were taken to German hospitals and one to the army Hospital in Frankfurt he said. Their names and conditions were not known thursday evening. Harkey said the children suffered cuts and lacerations. Chief warrant officer 4 . Perrocco was in his Jefferson Village apartment with his son when the blast occurred. "1 heard this terrific explosion a he said. A then 1 heard something drop on the  he then went outside to see what had happened. At the base of the Hill from his quarters about 100 feet away he saw the three children lying about 15 feet apart. A Ugis were jumping Over the Fence Bare feet and All he said. A they were trying. To Comfort the  one of the soldiers told Perrocco that one of the injured children said they found something that exploded when they dropped it. The scene 30 minutes after the blast included a pair of blood soaked socks a bloody Tennis shoe and several 2-Inch-wide puncture holes in a nearby tractor trailer Van. Army and German criminal police will have to Analyse evidence from the scene before any conclusion about the Type of explosive device can be made said capt. Richard Mccaughey Darmstadt Community Provost marshal. Quot we do not think that it was something that was intentionally placed there