Who knew we might be paying $40K for private schooling for

[spindrifter]

military kids?

London Central school to be shut down at end of academic year

By Ben Murray, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Just eight days after the London Central Elementary School/High School opened its doors for classes, Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe officials announced Tuesday it will close for good at the end of the school year.

Citing declining enrollment numbers, military officials signed paperwork Tuesday to authorize the closure of the newly merged K-through-12 school at the end of the 2006-2007 academic year, said Linda Curtis, DODDS-Europe deputy director.

Student numbers at U.S. schools in the London area have been in decline for years due to the drawdown of Navy forces in the United Kingdom. In the spring, officials closed the West Ruislip Elementary School, merging it with the high school at RAF Daws Hill.

<snip>

The situation is slightly more complicated for high school students, especially would-be seniors, who will have to find schools offering the equivalent of a U.S.-based program, Curtis said. If no local programs are available, students can receive up to about $40,000 per year to attend private British schools or a boarding school somewhere else in the theater.

<snip>

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?article=39841§ion=104

[TomInTib]

1. Holy Taxpayers' Dollars, Batman!!

Damn!

[Earth_First]

2. You said it, Robin! n/t

[notadmblnd]

3. you can bet your butt that it wont' be the regular enlisted guy's kids

that we'll be paying for.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. My ex-husband graduated from a DOD Dependent School in England.

His father was an Air Force Colonel. He attended the high school for four years.