its wish list; among them, a
network of principals, some
marketing ploys and more
trained staff for the center.
"Our next step is to build
circles of learning," said
Renee Wohl, director of the
resource center.
Dr. Harry Maisel, presi-
dent of Adat Shalom, said
there was no need to
dismantle community-run
education for the sake of
creating a resource center.
"Generally, I'm a little
suspicious of modern gim-
micks," he said. "I'm not yet
convinced there's real meat
to this."
Dr. Maisel compared the
Giles committee report to
frequent attempts to im-
prove public education, an-
other harangued institution.
"The bottom line is
parents must be supportive
and schools must have
discipline, homework and
standards," he said.
But Mrs. Appelman dis-
agrees. She views the open-
endedness of the report as a
positive, since she said it
will allow synagogues to
make AJE something they
want.
"Not only are you going to
lead your school, but you'll
have a say in which way the
whole community goes," she
said.
Besides, she said, the idea
is to help schools use proven
methods.
"People aren't walking
into this blank," she said.
"We know some of the
things that work."
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AJE Schools
Share Concerns
NOAM M.M. NEUSNER
Staff Writer
L
ast week's Federation
education planning
report said that the
Agency for Jewish Educa-
tion's current academic year
will be its last. Come
September, AJE's once-
populous elementary school
will not exist.
For parents, teachers and
students, AJE's transforma-
tion from a school to a
resource center brings many
questions; what will happen
to those who taught and
learned at the AJE schools?
What will the quality of
their education be? How
much will it cost?
For the synagogues who
depended on AJE's schools,
the future is uncertain. Adat
Shalom, Beth Achim and
Shir Tikvah in Troy will
have to fund their own
schools, a prospect which
worries their leaders.
Much of the worry centers
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