European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 4, 1992the stars and stripes Page 9 education Odds to expand school in Bavaria by Jimi Jones education writer while 20 military overseas schools in Germany Are expected to close this year an elementary school in Southern Bavaria is scheduled to expand. Beginning this fall bad sibling elementary school will serve High school students. The school which currently serves about 225 children in kindergarten through eighth Grade will accommodate 25 to 35 High school students some of whom now attend Munich High school. A the list is Ever growing a said Noel Tillman the principal at bad sibling elementary. A there Are government and military affiliated agencies that Are still staying in the Munich area and they will Send their children  but Fred Killian superintendent of the Stuttgart District said Friday that he was told by department of defense dependents schools officials tuesday that the school will include a fall Dod eligible students from Munich Berchtesgaden and  currently High school students from Berchtesgaden Garmisch and bad sibling attend Munich High school which will close at the end of the school year. But Frank of Gara spokesman for schools in the Germany Region said Friday that no firm decision has been made on where High school students who live in Berchtesgaden and Garmisch will attend classes in the fall. Sas Susan Harris of Gara said parents of those students might be Given the option of sending their High school age children to nearby International schools such As in Munich or Salzburg Austria. A if it is a safety Issue for kids to be transported or if it takes too Long to transport kids on a daily basis then Well look at other options a he said. School officials told parents in Garmisch earlier in the school year that their children would attend the Munich International school in the future. A at the time. There really was no option a Killian said. A but with the establishment of the bad sibling school we have that option  for High school students in Garmisch who now attend Munich High school bus trips would be Shorter to bad sibling Killian said. He said that trip now takes about two hours while the trip to bad sibling would take about an hour and 20 minutes. Tillman said school officials had discussed other options before settling on converting the bad sibling facility to an elementary High school. Because the Salzburg International school has a very High academic Standard a not All of our kids would have qualified and they done to have any special education programs a Tillman said. A the kids who needed those services would have had to go to London Central a one of two Dodds High schools that has student dormitories. The other osterholz High school in Germany is slated to close at the end of the 1992-�?T93 school year. He said school officials also considered sending High school students who live in Garmisch to Augsburg. Tillman said the addition of seven classrooms at bad sibling and the use of space in the school building currently occupied by the education Center will be sufficient to run the High school program. Killian said the school will include a a full interscholastic sports program a with the exception of football. Sports such As track Golf Cross country and wrestling will be offered and a run competitively against Dodds  schoolchildren urged to hold world tightly by John Millar Wiir Burg Bureau Wurzburg Germany a embracing an inflatable plastic Globe against his Chest col. . Cowell told the youngsters before him to think of the fingers on one hand As German children and the fingers on the other As american children. Cowell the 98th area support group commander then pulled out the valve of the Globe and the Blue and Green Ball went Limp. A if you do not hold the world tightly see what happens a he said. The Globe fell from his grasp and hit the hard floor with a Defeated  a i Hope the children of two countries will unite to help save the world a Cowell said. -848 John mar col. . Cowell 98th area support group commander embraces the Earth. Soon the children a a mixture of germans and americans a were Busy making paper bags and boxes out of old Calendar pages painting reusable cloth shopping bags and playing games based on environmental problems. About 100 american children from Wurzburg Middle school and another 100 youngsters from German schools in Wurzburg Kitzinger and Gie Belstadt joined last tuesday As part of the 2nd annual Wurzburg German american Earth Day Observance. The event in the Leighton Barracks physical fitness Center was part of the area support groups Earth week. The events were designed to educate members of the Community on environmental concerns and their solutions such As the separate or Recycle trash sort program. The Wurzburg support group delayed celebrating the United states official Earth Day april 22, so German children could participate after returning from their easter vacation Community spokeswoman Babs Angel said. Helmer Vogel University of Wurzburg professor and consultant to the City a environmental office said uniting German and american children for Earth Day showed them that All countries share common Aims and problems when it comes to the environment. A environmental problems Are global a Vogel said. A a they re not local or regional but global responsibilities. It does no to matter if you Are in the states or a visitor to a foreign  Patty Dreier the area support groups sort program coordinator said the German american Earth Day program had a special message for the american children. A i want the american kids to feel that Germany is Home that they have friends Here and that  take care of Germany while they re Here a drier said. She said she also hoped the 100 american children who Learned about the Environ sa8 John Millar Patty Dreier the 98th area support groups recycling program coordinator leads German and american children in a song about the  Hope the children of two countries will unite to help save the  a a col. . Cowell ment and How to preserve it last week would take their new found knowledge Home to their parents. The children a activities included learning How to reuse common items such As paper. Gerhard Heimbucher an environmental consultant for the City of Wurzburg taught children to make envelopes boxes and bags from old Calendar pages and pieces of unused wallpaper a so before throwing the paper away we can use it once  sixth grader Kim Brown of the Amerin grat can Middle school said making boxes was it. In a going to Tell my parents and try to show them How to do a pretty neat. In a going to Tell my parents about it. It  nearby children were painting designs on cloth shopping bags. One child a bag proclaimed a Scott Long saves the  other Earth week events in the military Community were for shoppers such As offering discounts for bringing along one s own cloth shopping bag and free Coffee for those who brought their own reusable Ceramic Coffee Mug. Both activities show what Little Effort it takes to save both the environment and Money Dreier said. Although she said her recycling program is a very important Quot the sort coordinator emphasized that a by avoiding waste to begin with we done to have to pay Money to get rid of it one Way or