European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 the stars and stripes education monday november 15.1993 some school positions go begging writer the military s overseas school system is having difficulty filling positions at some facilities in Germany. School officials have cited a number of reasons forthe vacancies including unexpected higher enrol ments school closures and hard to fill teaching special ties such As those in the special education Field. Officials also have pointed to centralized application processing began oct. 1 throughout the depart ment of defense dependents schools As a possible Rea son for the vacancies. Some Job vacancies exist in Germany with roughly50 available in the military Community alone. Some of the available jobs Are a result of higher than a crag enrolments said Candace Ransing the District superintendent. And i m sure there s confusion As to where to apply for jobs since Dodds no longer contracts with the army civilian personnel office to process applicants. Special education teachers special education teach ers aides substitute teachers and lunch monitors Are some of the jobs open in the Kaiserslautern District which includes Lan Stuhl Ramstein Baum older and Simbach. The area started the school year with More pupils than projected in several schools. Some of enrolments can be attributed to school clo sures and the shift of High school students from Pir Masens to Kaiserslautern schools officials have said. previously attended High school which closed after the 1992-93 school year. Iio Oom of Tho available jobs Art result of High of than ave rat enrolment. And i m Aura there confusion As to wharf to apply Lor jobs since Dodds no longer contract with tha army civilian personnel office a Indart aaring Kaim Rainaut redistrict superintendent special education is the kind of hard to fill Field for which applicants Don t walk in Oft the streets said Hal Haggard spokesman for the Germany Region. While we Are certainly concerned that the reduction in staffing has had an Impact on our programs we Are even More concerned that we have vacancies that we have yet to have any applicants for. And in some cases our stateside recruiting efforts have also failed to pro vide us an applicant Pool. It is a problem Haggard said. There Are people who want jobs but who May Lack the right credentials or May be in the wrong location. However not All districts in Germany have extensive vacancies. For example Nancy Bresell the Wiir Burg District superintendent said that Only clerical positions Are open in the school area in Northern Bavaria. We have no problems with teacher positions Bre sell said. They Are All filled and to the Best of my knowledge we Don t seem to have a problem any where.". Hiring clerical employees is a Little rugged right now Bresell said but said the situation should improve once the school system s personnel office in Vir Ginia builds up its Supply in past years those seeking jobs with Dodds file their Federal Job application of form 171, at their local civilian personnel office. However a 1990 de sense department report prompted the eventual merger of several school system operations including personnel. Dodds now operates a Central personnel office located at its Headquarters in Arlington a. The report was aimed at finding ways to Cut expenditures. Now applicants can pick up an application for employment at any Dodds school main office Ransing said. Just fill it out give each of the main school offices you re interested in working at a copy of your application and Send the original to our Central personnel Job announcements Are posted in schools and at other locations Ort military installations she said. Questions about current Job openings in the Kaiserslautern area can be directed to Erica card or Florence Campbell at 0631-98752. Those with questions about jobs anywhere in the Dodds Germany Region can Call the regional personnel office at 0611-380-7662. Hanau my s duties take him Back to High school by Mark Kinkade staff writer Hanau Germany the students Athanau High school did t know where their resident cop was but one soph Omore had a suggestion. Look in the bathroom stalls. He stakes pm out you everybody knows that smoking in t Al Lowed in school so spec. Troy trussed reportedly spends part of his Day patrol Ling bathrooms on the school grounds for offending puffers. But he also helps students with Persona problems by providing a shoulder to cry on and makes an Effort to Stop trouble on the streets from shifting to classrooms. Smoking is probably our biggest prob Lem Here the 22-year-old Hanau Mili tary policeman said in his second floor office while afternoon classes went on next door. Yeah we have a few prob lems with drugs and fighting but All Winall it s pretty quiet for almost a year Trussell has been fixture in the High school s Halls. As the first and Only military policeman assigned to a full time Security Job in the depart ment of defense dependents schools i Europe he is both cop and confidant a role he believes suits him Well. I Haven t been out of school so Lon that i be forgotten what these kids face Trussell said As he made his Way to the school parking lot to watch the students leave for the Day. I m Young enough to understand and old enough to Trussell s role is loosely defined As a student resource adviser but teachers Counselor and some students said the policeman s role is hard to pin Down. On the one hand he s a great role Model said Cindy Brooks a substance abuse Counselor in the school. But he Salso a deterrent to other problems. Kids see him and they Don t want to Star trouble because they know he s a the idea to put police on duty in the school started with a desk sergeant in the Hanau Provost marshal s office Trussel said. The High school was once consid ered rough territory where More than1,200 students packed the classrooms at the height of the cold War. Then the draw Down hit leaving Hall ways depleted As the student population dropped to fewer than 400 in two years. The police saw a Chance to prevent prob lems in the schools while breaking Down spec. Troy Trussell looks Over classroom pass for Sophomore Umaly Lester second from right at Lla aau High school la Germany barriers Between teens and themselves Trussell said. Save for the uniform the baby faced Trussell could be one of the kids. Per haps one of the Guys on the baseball team or one sneaking a smoke in the bathroom. Trussell s greatest strength according to Brooks is his willingness to try to fit in with the students. He spends a lot of his free time around the school dances sporting events playing basketball and the kids see this As an Effort on his part to be part of the school Brooks said. So he fits in with the students an they seem to have accepted him. I know he s made a but in the parking lot in front of the school students expressed differing views. I be Only been Here a week and i veal ready gotten to know him said soph Omore Todd Storey 17. He recently move to Hanau with his family from Parksville tenn., and he s impressed with Trussell. He s pretty Cool one of the Guys. J be seen him Stop a fight and he did pretty Good Storey said. Even some students who have been on the receiving end of Trussell s Security efforts seem to accept him. He busted me last year said Danie Wachtarz 16, a Sophomore who would not say what he was busted for. He s All right i respect what he has Todo and he seems to do a Good Job. But he s not the most popular person Here Wachtarz said. A 14-year-old freshman girl agreed that Trussell in t the most popular Manin school. In fact she said she would like to hit him. No i would t say i like him. He gave me a 10-Day suspension for drinking on school property she said. I was t drinking. I just had a Trussell said it s just part of the Job when students Don t like Nim because he prevented them from doing something know a lot of these kids Rook at me and say he got me suspended or he busted me. But that s my while dealing with discipline problems seems to make up a Large part of his Rou Tine Trussell said the most rewarding aspect is helping both the students Ana the police in the Community. In a Way i m a Bridge Trussell said. If one of the students Here does some thing i can usually find the student or help the other police find him or her. I know these kids Well enough to find the when there s a Trussell s tour at Hanau High ends i december when he returns to the United states. The Hanau Provost Marsha will fill the position with another member of the military police Force. That sets Well with Trussell who wants to see police in the Halls at the school. It s the Best Chance we have of creating understanding Between the police and the students Trussell said. An that s important these Days. We Don t want to Nave something tragic happen Here before we realize we need to create some kind of
