European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday october 27,1994 panel defends Dodds Quality ". Sysu Palumbo a a Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy members of a Dodds advisory panel facing sceptical parents said wednesday that the military system offers As Good an education As stateside schools do. The officials defended their schools As about 35 parents and teachers quizzed the advisory Council on de Pendents education for More than an hour at Naples High school on a variety of issues. The Council is in Naples to meet with parents and faculty before attend ing its annual department of defense dependents schools conference Friday in Tirre Snia near Pisa. The Issue of Dodds Quality is. Stateside school sys Toms sparked a heated discussion when several parents cited examples of a Dps courses they said were As much As two years behind the courses stateside. Others said former Dodds children had to repeat classes when they transferred to stateside schools because Dodds did not cover All the course material. The information we have just does not support that claim said Bartley Lagomarsino Deputy director of Dodds. Our test scores Are too Good and the num Ber of students we have taking Advance courses goes up steadily. When i talked to children in Naples and Sigo Nella Sicily they told me the work in Dodds is More difficult arid More  Lagomarsino asked parents to document instances of the inequality arid pass the information on to him to investigate. .".," ,. " Samantha Chulio s parents said the better colleges questioned their daughter s a s because they feel pops grading scale is lower than its stateside counterparts. A 90-100 score earns an a in Dodds while pupils must have at least a 94 for an a in the states the parents said. There is no set grading system even in the states said Kathy Silva the Council s team Leader Anid  tentative of the department education. Grades change from school to school in the states As Well. I have 30 years in the stateside school system and from what i can see Dodds is not behind. In some ways they Are even Aheadmany colleges Don t even know what Dodds is Lagomarsino said. As an example he referred to a Council member who was looking into Why Harvard University in Cambridge mass. Would not process an application from a Dodds student. The Harvard registrar said he had never heard of Apo new York so he assumed the student had lied on the application Shullo a Junior who plans to graduate a year Early said her parents attended the meeting to find out Why juniors who graduate Early do not receive the same benefits As seniors. The kinds of colleges i want to attend Are looking for class rankings she said. If i were in the states i could graduate Early be ranked with the seniors and go up for Valedictorianlagomarsino told the group that the Issue would be looked at on an mid Bidual basis. If juniors have the required credits by midyear they should be considered seniors he said. Other issues brought up by parents were the need for after school study Halls clerical help for teachers and the need for More advanced courses for pupils. Kuwait from Page 1 and coalition show of Force. The Pentagon said tuesday that All iraqi Republican guard units have now withdrawn from Southern Iraq. The iraqi forces that had deployed South of the 32nd parallel the Republican guard units have now entirely moved North of the 32nd parallel Pentagon spokesman Dennis Boxx said. In fact one Republican guard unit that had been previously stationed below the 32nd parallel it too has moved North of the 32nd parallelmilitary Airpower should be adequate to enforce . Sanctions that prohibit iraqi aircraft and Republican guard units from crossing below the 32nd Paral Lel Tine into Southern Iraq Perry said. However to enforce the resolutions the United states would Likely need to add some ground capability to air Force aircraft that Are permanently stationed in saudi Arabia Perry said. Sources in Kuwait said officials Are studying a proposal to station a-10 attack jets in Kuwait. The a los Are noted for their tank killing ability truck convoys carrying hundreds of . Soldiers armoured combat vehicles and ammunition rumbled into Kuwait from saudi Arabia on wednesday to reinforce troops who be been in the kuwaiti desert for two weeks. Phillips the tank company commander said his troops have also been in the Region two weeks and have been per forming the first Ever test of unloading army combat equipment stored on ships. Called pre positioned forces afloat the ships Are oceangoing combat warehouses that can rapidly sail to a crisis zone. Much of the equipment on Board came from army units m Germany that were disbanded after the end of the cold War and the persian Gulf War. Phillips soldiers part of the 3rd Bri Gade of the 24th int div Mech out Offort Stewart ga., were not allowed to identify the port where they picked up their tanks and personnel earners. How Ever the equipment arrived in Kuwait on flatbed trucks driven by saudi soldiers. Phillips said this month s persian Gulf crisis was in full swing when  arrived at the port two weeks ago. As the crisis started to diffuse Deci Sions were made to still exercise the pro Cess and Here s where we Are said Phil lips 29, who commands co a 2nd in 69th army regt. Of course they d much rather be Home with their families Phillips said of hi0, troops. But they understand that there s a Job to be Doneafter Border tensions lessened Phil lips said his unit was Able to spend More Fly vlftaa\4 War pfc of ref a my a a �.�.   y. A a a. I , a a  a a ass ,. T&4a is