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Receive 52 issues Of The Jewish News plus five issues of Style magazine for only $39 ($54 out-of-date). Yes, I'd Ike my own subscription to The Jewish News. cc) ❑ Please bill me. ❑ Payment enclosed. ❑ Charge to my ❑ MasterCard ❑ Visa cc) My Name L.1.J - My Address CD CC City City Akiva will have the task force's help. "We are negotiating for a place to rent in the area for ad- ditional class space," he said. The school's enrollment has expanded to 226 in its nine years of existence. Two more classes will be added this year, bringing the estimated number of stu- dents to 260. In addition, the school, now offering classes through the eighth grade for boys and the seventh grade for girls, will con- tinue adding classes for girls each year until a full high school exists. "Our goal is to have a full-ser- vice high school for the girls," Mr. Sandweiss said. ❑ The normal deadline for local news and publicity items is noon Thursday, eight days prior to issue date. The deadline for birth announcements is 10 a.m. Monday, four days prior to issue date; out-of-town obituaries, 10 a.m. Tuesday, three days prior to issue date. Zip New subcribers only Phone C.) Please send all payments along with this coupon to: The Jewish News, P.O. Box 2267, Southfield, MI 48037-2267. Allow 2-3 weeks for delivery. es' For faster service call 810-354-6620 and charge it to your Visa 8 Zip Gift Card Message w LLI State Phone State there but nothing so far is suit- able for our needs." Without another building available, the school would have to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in its existing struc- ture to bring it up to code. Still more would have to be spent to renovate the existing building and add on to the back of the fa- cility, Mr. Eisenberg said. "Right now we are evaluating how much money it would take to stay here," Mr. Eisenberg said. "Our problem is not to ren- ovate the existing building. We need space." Mr. Neistein said the Federation task force is contin- uing to look for solutions for Akiva. "There are still a number of options that we are pursuing at this point," he said. Darchei Torah has been re- fused requests for funding from Federation for the past five years. Since it is not affiliated with Federation, it will not have the aid of the task force's efforts. The school may continue to rent the classroom space at the AJE building or look elsewhere, Mr. Sandweiss said. Publicity Deadlines Address :* Signature (required) Director Howard Neistein said that neither Akiva's nor Darchei Torah's bids would be accepted for the AJE building because the building is still necessary to Federation. "A lot of it depends on the financial circumstances (at Federation), which are fluid," he said. "Everything is still the status quo." The 35,000-square-foot build- ing on 12 Mile Road is owned by the Federation and the United Jewish Foundation and houses the Hebrew Free Loan Association, the Michigan Jewish AIDS Coalition, the Agency for Jewish Education and the Midrasha library. Akiva was hoping to purchase the building and add classrooms to the back of the facility to alleviate its crowded conditions. Due to a need for more space, the school plans next year to move the kindergarten and nursery school classes out of the campus on Southfield Road into a yet-to-be-disclosed loca- tion. Akiva is in the process of sell- ing its building to a developer who plans to level the site and erect a strip mall. Both the de- veloper and the school have es- cape clauses in the contract in case plans fall through; Akiva can stay if they can't find a site in which to relocate and the de- veloper can rescind the offer if zoning changes are denied by the city of Lathrup Village. That escape clause may come in handy — the 68-year-old building on Southfield Road may be Akiva's only option. With lo- cal school districts clamoring for space due to a rise in school- age population, there are no buildings for sale in the Oak Park, Southfield, Berkley or Birmingham school districts that would be suitable for an Orthodox day school that draws its students mainly from Southfield and Oak Park. "The decision (not to sell the building) doesn't change our po- sition," Mr. Eisenberg said. "We are still looking for a building. There are other buildings out ❑ I'd like to send a subscription as a gift to: Name Exp. Card # SCHOOLS page 1 or MasterCard between the hours of 8:30 an and 5:00 pm AD195 :•: All material must be typewritten, double-spaced, on 8V2x 11 paper and include the name and daytime tele- phone number of sender.