European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Education by Jim Jones education writer Blankenberge Belgium chit Dren will suffer if the american education system continues to demand More of elementary school teachers without giving them time each Day to prepare their lessons a Union director said. Quot if we continue to Wear Down and Burn out our elementary teachers the kids become the losers and eventually american society becomes the loser said Mary Margaret Mcgowan the at lactic area director of the overseas education association Quot one of their first and most pressing needs is additional preparation  Mcgowan made the remarks feb. 1, to Atlantic Region principals administrators and defense department officials who gathered at a three Day annual conference in Blankenberge. Colleagues in Middle schools and High schools have from 1 i hours to almost two hours a Day for preparation time. But elementary classroom teachers typically have Only the 20 minutes before and after classes to prepare. In practice however they also often<1 if we continue to Wear Down and Burn out our elementary teachers the kids become the losers and eventually american society becomes the loser a Mary Margaret Mcgowan find preparatory time when their pupils Are being taught by Art physical education and music specialists. In a plea for equity Mcgowan said elementary classroom teachers Are the a most overworked underappreciated segment of our educational Community Quot teaching five to seven subjects a Day. A a Quot a a 1 a a. Quot new education requirements mean they must collaborate with special education teachers compensatory education teachers Reading improvement specialists an English As a second Lan Guage teacher and a talented and gifted teacher Mcgowan said. Also teachers often must work with Art music physical education and Host nation specialists she said. Arid that a riot All. Their jobs continue Long after the Bell signals the Days end. Quot in the evening they attend Pat. They sponsor Booths at carnivals. They raise Money for guide dogs. They wipe noses tie shoes listen and dispense love in unlimited quantities Quot she said. A often she added they Are the Only Loving and stable influences in a child a life. Additionally they attend special classes to keep up with new teaching methods and to meet the systems re certification rules she said. School and Union officials agree that inequity in preparation time exists. But factors involved in teaching Young children present problems educators said. A you done to want to chop up Young children a time like in High school Quot said Melinda Brookshire a scholar in Resi Dence for Early childhood education for the Atlantic Region. A Young children Bond with their teacher. We want to promote an integrated curriculum and not fragment their time. But on the other hand the teachers need prep time. Its a real dilemma.�?�. Patricia Saddlemire chief of the Atlantic regions education division echoed Mcgowan a sentiments describing the problem As a structural Quot and noting that fixing it will be a a big  a. A. A it will require careful consideration. Somebody is going to have to sit at the drawing table and decide How it can be done Quot Saddlemire said. A i think this inequity exists because elementary teachers done to yell about it vociferously enough a the teacher advocate said. A if they Are Given a Choice Between attending to their own welfare and doing something additional for their children the teacher always loses. A when i chide them and ask them Why they done to speak up for themselves they simply say a we done to have enough time a a seniors sought for 2 stripes scholarships by Jimi Jones a education writer Darmstadt Germany a graduating High school seniors in military overseas schools have until april 29 to apply for one of two stars and stripes scholarships Worth $1,500 each. The Competition is open to All 1994 graduates in the department of defense dependents schools in Europe. One scholarship is a journalism award based on Merit. The other is a general award based in part on financial need. They will be presented at graduation ceremonies. F the scholarship program now in its third year is intended to illustrate the newspapers commitment to Young people the publisher said. A these Are very austere times for the stars and stripes but we want to keep this very valuable program Quot said air Force col. Steve Hoffman the publisher. A Well take the extra pain to keep the scholarships in existence because there is nothing More important than contributing to the future of Young  Hoffman said stripes officials View the newspaper As part of the educational process serving As a daily Reading exercise for the Public. The scholarships he added Are a Way the newspaper can show it has a heart and demonstrate its involvement with the Community. To qualify for the journalism scholarship seniors must be planning to enter a four year undergraduate program with a major in journalism or mass communication. Applicants must submit High school transcripts three writing samples and a letter of recommendation from a journalism adviser or other instructor. To qualify for the general scholarship applicants must plan to enter a four year College in any Field of study. The applicants must submit a transcript a letter from a teacher or Counselor and an estimate of family income. Recipients will be selected by a three person panel composed of an educator an american journalist from the associated press and a stars and stripes representative. Applications should be sent to Headquarters european stars and stripes attn editorial a scholarship unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Applications must be received by april 29. Forms Are available from High school guidance Counselor and Dodds regional offices. Applications also can be obtained by contacting the stars and stripes at Dan 348-8214 or civilian 06155-601214. Past scholarships have gone to seniors at Laken Heath High school twice and the now closed Woodbridge High school both in England and Ramstein Wurzburg and Patch High schools in Germany drifter admits murdering 5 Florida College students Gainesville Fla. A a Louisiana drifter pleaded guilty tuesday to the murders of five College students in 1990, bringing a Surprise ending to the Case just As his trial was about to Start. Quot there Are some things you just can to run from this being one of those Quot Danny Harold rolling told circuit judge Stan r. Morris. Morris accepted the pleas and found him guilty. Rolling 39, was about to go on trial in the slayings of five Young people All students at the University of Florida or nearby Santa be Community College in their Campus area apartments. Three of the five victims were mutilated. He already is serving three life terms for a string of burglaries and robberies. Rolling a plea covered 11 counts a five first degree murders three sexual batteries and three armed burglaries. He could face execution in Florida a electric chair. The judge said he would Espanel a jury beginning today to recommend death or life in prison without parole for at least 25 years. Under Florida Law the judge has the final say. As relatives of some victims wept prosecutor Rod Smith read a chilling account of each of the five murders telling How rolling entered the Homes raped three of the four women victims turned them Over on their stomachs and stabbed them to death. The Only male victim Manuel Taboada was stabbed As he slept Smith said. The Picas came just As tie court was preparing to pick a jury a process expected to take weeks. The trial had been expected to last an additional two to three months after jury selection. Prosecutors said blood and semen found at the crime scenes matched rolling a own genetic blueprint. They had planned to Call some 100 witnesses. It was aug. 26, 1990, when the bodies of Christina Powell 17, of Jacksonville and Sonja Larson 18, of Deerfield Beach both University of Florida students were found in their townhouse apartment. They had been stabbed and mutilated. A few hours later just after Midnight aug. 27, 18-year-old Christa Hoyt a student at nearby Santa be Community College was found decapitated at her duplex Danny Harold rolling Aiila about a mile and a half from the Larson and Powell apartment. Police said the bodies of All three women were lewdly posed. The terror continued aug. 28, Wrhen the bodies of Tracy Paules and Taboada both 23 and from the Miami area were found in the apartment they shared. Paules was a University of Florida graduate and Taboada was transferring there from the Santa be Junior  free 2 italians after talks in Somalia Mogadishu Somalia up a somalian kidnappers freed two italian Aid workers tuesday almost two Days after they were seized at gunpoint Italy a ambassador said. Ambassador Mario Scialoia said Sergio Passatore and Gianfranco Stefan were released following a Day of negotiations Between the envoy and somalian Clari elders. The kidnappers reportedly demanded a $50,000 Ransom for the pair but Scialoia said no Money was paid. Passatore and Stefan were seized sunday in a Village near Jowhari about 50 Miles North of Mogadishu. Both work for the Bologna based european consortium for agrarian development. It was the second time that Passatore had been kidnapped. He was held briefly in August in Mogadishu by gunmen who apparently mistook him for an american. Five other people including two British parliamentarians have been kidnapped in Somalia in recent weeks. None has been held for longer than two Days