History
DoDDS started operating schools October 14, 1946 for the children of military overseas. The intent was to ensure an American educational experience for the American student. Therefore the children, teachers, and educational program were and are American. It then cost $10 to enroll a child ($119 in 2011 dollars). The schools would get operational funds from profits made by Class VI stores (alcohol). It now can cost as much as $20,000 for enrollment for non-Command Sponsored military families, or Command Sponsored Contractors, and increases approximately $800 annually.
In 2011 there were 120 schools. There are two high schools out of the original eight opened post World War II still in operation, Heidelberg High School in Heidelberg, Germany and Kubasaki High School on Okinawa, Japan.. W.T. Sampson High School in Cuba, which started in 1931, is also still open. Berlin, Bremen, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Munich and Nurnberg American High Schools opened in Germany in 1946. Kubasaki and Yokohama American High Schools opened in Japan in 1946.
The tenth largest American school system is outside of the United States. In 1946, the Department of Defense Dependent Schools was created for dependents of military members of the armed forces in overseas areas. After World War II, the increased demand for American education overseas was a result of the government's decision to allow soldiers to bring their families when deployed. By 1949 almost 100 schools were being operated separately by the Army, Navy, and Air Force in countries around the world.
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