European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                New Region new assignment administrators learn the ropes As classes begin by Jimi Jones education writer William Kilty has just been consolidated. And he a not alone. The former Deputy director of the Atlantic Region of the department of defense dependents schools is one of scores of administrators shifted to new jobs in new countries As a result of the consolidation of three euro Pean regional offices into a single operation. _ a a in a finding that i have plenty to do a Kilty said of his new Job As chief of executive services for the nearly 2-month-old . The assignment brought him from London to Wiesbaden Germany and he estimated that two thirds of his former London co workers have had a similar experience. A a we be scattered to the four winds a he said. A everybody got an offer that wanted one.�?�. The july 1 consolidation stemmed from a 1989 defense department management report. The report ordered the merger by 1996 of the Mediterranean Germany and Atlantic school regions into a single european Region that would oversee seven districts. Previously there were 15 districts in Europe. When school system officials decided to move the consolidation up it forced the three regions to merge this year at the same time that the school system amid the draw Down was closing 17 schools in Europe. A in the Short run the consolidation. Will have Little noticeable Impact on schools a said Joe Blackstead director of the . Over the Long term the Impact will be evident he said. For example Core curriculum coordinator positions were added to District offices which should provide a More direct assistance to classroom teachers with a focus on improving instruction a Blackstead said. The consolidation combined with the loss of 13,000 pupils resulted in about 600 fewer school employees in Germany alone. About 24 of the 130 positions in the former Atlantic and Mediterranean regional Headquarters were transferred to the new Germany based office Blackstead said. / the director said that in the Long run the consolidation will allow the Region to examine the operating practices of the three former regions and to a adopt and propagate the Best support systems for the new . He also said that the process will take time and that budget constraints will Force the  to review and revise the list of Pupil activities. A which activities will become All Europe sponsored activities which if any will be deleted and which will be local District sponsored Ihre questions under study now a Blackstead said. Thomas Goodman the former director of the Mediterranean Region and now associate director of the  said it is his Job to focus on what a happening in the classroom on Pupil achievement and to offer support to superintendents and school principals. There also will be More emphasis on parental.,support, he said. A we Are learning More and More As educators How important it is to involve parents and Community commands and other Community agencies Quot Goodman said. A we Are Only As Good As the support and  we have. We need youngsters to know from us and from their parents that they Are first our number one priority. That s our commitment a merger make overs some key education personnel retired or were re a signed As a result of the consolidation of the department of defense dependents schools and Nam treatise offices in Europe this summer. Ihns . A it k i a a  a r. T a k a. Tin Dodds Europe districts 1994-1995 school year Here is How the department of defense dependents schools has divided its new european Region. There Are now seven districts in  of Europe there were seven in Germany alone last school year. \ \ District 1 United kingdom superintendent John Davis . Mahan elementary school Iceland . Mahan High school a Alconbury elementary school England Alconbury Utah school Chicksands elementary Junior High school England Croughton elementary High school England . Helsey elementary school England Feltwell elementary school England Lakenheath elementary school England. Lakenheath Middle schoo Lakenheath High school Lajes elementary school azores Lajes High school in London Central High school England me with Hill elementary Middle school England Upwood elementary school England West Ruislip elementary school England District St Brussels Belgium superintendent Robert Tryon accent elementary school Brun sum Netherlands accent High school. A Pitburg elementary school Germany Pitburg Middle school Pitburg High school Bonn elementary school Germany Bonn High school Brussels elementary High school Belgium Buechel elementary school Germany co Vorden elementary school Netherlands Greiten Kirchen elementary school Germany Hahn elementary school Germany Kalmar elementary school Germany Kleine Brogel elementary school Belgium shape High school Span Dahlem elementary school Germany Span Dahlem Middle school Volkel elementary school Netherlands District 3 Kaiserslautern All in Germany superintendent Candace Ransing bad Kreuz Nach elementary school bad Kreuz Nach High school Baum older High school Derheim elementary school Idar Oberstein elementary school Kaiserslautern elementary school Kaiserslautern Middle school Kaiserslautern High school Lan Stuhl elementary middie school Neu Brocke elementary school Pir Masens elementary Middle school Ramstein elementary school Ramstein Junior High school Ramstein High school Sembach elementary school Sembach Middle school Smith elementary school Baum older Vogel Well elementary school Wetzel elementary school  4-Heidelberg Ell in Germany superintendent Lawrence Philpot Augsburg elementary school Augsburg High school bad As Bulna elementary High school bowl men elementary school Garmisch elementary school Heidelberg middie school Hesse Beig hot in school Karlsruhe elementary school Karlsruhe Middle.  school  f  school Mannheim Middle a Mann own my us Lic Noor Mark Twan i we entry school. Heidelberg t killed Gay school t Lemer Iru y .   a Duth Mem t to Centary a it us Henderberg Haim t yemeni any school. Stuttgart i t it Emdry  District $ Wurzburg All in Germany superintendent Nancy Bresell Amberg elementary school Ansbach elementary school Ansbach High school bad Kissinger elementary school Bamberg elementary school Bamberg High school Grafen Wuhr elementary school Hohenfels elementary school Kitzinger elementary school a Liesheim elementary Middle school Nomberg elementary school Numberg Middle High school Rainbow elementary school Ansbach Regensburg elementary school Schweinfurt elementary school Schweinfurt Middle school Vilseck elementary school Vilseck High school Wurzburg elementary school Wurzburg Middle school Wurzburg High school District 6 Hanau Ell in Germany superintendent Marcia Johnson Argonne elementary school Hanau Aschaffenbur elementary school Atterberry elementary school Frankfurt Aukamp elementary school Wiesbaden a Babenhausen elementary school bad nauheim elementary school Bodinger elementary school Butzbach elementary school Darmstadt elementary school Darmstadt Middle school Frankfurt elementary school Frankfurt Middle school Frankfurt High school Gellhausen elementary school Gen. . Arnold High school Wiesbaden Giessen elementary school Giessen High school Haine Berg elementary school Wiesbaden Halvorsen Tunner elementary Middle school Rhein main Hanau Middle school Hanau High school Mainz elementary school Portfield elementary school Hanau Wiesbaden Middle school District 7 Mediterranean superintendent Donald Devona Ankara elementary High school Turkey Aviano elementary school Italy Aviano High school Bahrain elementary High school Bahrain Gaeta elementary Junior High school Italy in Ciurlik elementary school Turkey in Ciurlik High school Izmir elementary High school Turkey la Maddalena elementary school Italy Livorno elementary school Italy Livorno High school Naples elementary school Italy Naples High school por Denone elementary school. Italy new Rota elementary school Spain Rota High school Sevilla elementary school spam St Onelia elementary High school. Sicily Vaj ont elementary school. Italy new Verona elementary school Italy Vicenza elementary school. Italy Vicenza High school a Mediterranean District Annex is headed by assistant superintendent Edna Brower at inc Ftp a Turkey m w