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Stjgj   hundred-mile radius of Lexington. The The problem of "latchkey children" in She added that even with good after-  
{C1].   otlice also began setting up information Kentucky will be the focus of a new school child care, some children will still  
Op.  la booths at meetings of professional edu- training program to be conducted by be staying home alone. These children  
nigh  j cators and added a toll-free phone num- the Kentucky Home Economics Associ- will be taught ways to be safer and use `;;
  ber for counselors, principals, parents ation (KHEA). their time more productively after - j
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in-  .i In addition to the visitation program sands of school-age children who come Townley says that of the six projects ` I
1y of  j and the toll-free line, Pfanstiel attri- home from school to an empty house funded this year, this is the only one in  
Pm.   - butes some of the program’s growth to because both their parents are still a rural area. ,l
‘  - external factors. at work.  
The AQ  The requirements for high school "There’s a great need to address this _ j
_()0()  { graduation have increased, much atten- problem. We don’t know exactly how Mcthemcllcs Gr¤nt aj
pm-  ; tion is now focused on high school many children are staying home alone,    
3 diplomas—particularly in the mili- but we believe the problem is no differ- Two rnarhernsnes Professors have re` ij
only   ‘ tary—and UK has increased its own re- ent in Kentucky than in the nation as a ccived 3 tW0‘Y€sr, $146,000 National P;.
;y Of P.  quirements for admission. whole," said Kim Townley, a KHEA Serenee Eonndsnon grant so deVeloP  
r Ot  _ Pfanstiel said more than 49 courses member and director of the UK Early new algorithms In eornputsoonsl Chem` ` ij
Yhjg _i  are offered through UK’s high school Childhood Lab. isrrY· AI
peo-  V program—from physics, complete with Central Kentucky is one of six sites James _Wells and Thomas Halfden  
stu-  . 21 laboratory kit, to language courses. across the nation where "Project Home are -¤rk¤¤s together on the Proleee  
wut   Most of the instructors for the courses Safe" is being funded this year. Project SsYs Wells, Uwe are develoolng more  
ii  are Fayette County high school teachers. Home Safe is a joint initiative of the emeienr Computer methods of eslenlae  
mts,   “We serve all kinds of students,” American Home Economics Associa- lng the geometric strnet‘~‘re_of mole` 9
[icy  _ V Pfanstiel said. These may include stu- tion and the Whirlpool Foundation. e‘~'les» bescd on oats gathered In nnelenr I
tmp     dents traveling with parents, people Under the program, KHEA will se- magnetic resonance eXPernnenrs·   E
 f ; with physical disabilities, young women lect two home economists to travel to We hopc the cmd result Wlll bc the .  
td ;r  C l who have dropped out of school to have Washington D.C. later this year for Cmauon Of faster and m°r°_a°°umt° i {
ram F  babies, students who have failed Cours- training on latchkey and school age compwcr Codcs for mathcmzltlcal °°m`
Bice TY  es, high-ability students who are taking child care issues. Putauon Pf_largC`sCa1€ Ch°m'S"Y prob i  
en-   courses their schools do not offer and The two will then return to Kentucky l°mS· This lS_an Important Problem m , `;·
lv,     people who need a diploma to get into to conduct a training program in Dan- F’Oth_’th€°r€“°al and apphcd °h°m` : j
tion ·'  jthe military. ville, which is expected to attract as BUY __ _ _ _ i  
ide-     many as 60 participants from through- In addmon to pmvldmg rundmg for   lj
pri·  i l out the region. These trainees will then Wells and Harden the gram includes ' fj
n a     be expected to work actively in their funds for gmduatc Studm research    
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