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Arcadia will not be voting on whether to have combined school board/city council elections next April. On a 3-2 vote, the City Council turned down the idea.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 20, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 20, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Elections - Local

Item ID: 1512AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Don Fickas and Carol Papay (replacing Jim Harvey, who decided not to run again) are the new School Board members.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 21, 1977

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 21, 1977

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: School Board - Elections; Fickas, Don; Papay, Carol

Item ID: 2501AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

By a 3-2 vote, the School Board authorized the Superintendent of Schools to sign an assurance of compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974. This assures non-discrimination against the handicapped.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 15, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 15, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Board

Item ID: 2454AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

School board president Donald E. Fickas discusses school funding and closure. Planning for school closure was begun 2 1/2 years ago.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 2, 1981

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 2, 1981

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Schools - Closure

Item ID: 2671AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Results of the 1985-86 California Assessment Program show test scores that were "the highest since these current tests have been administered" in Arcadia's 3rd, 6th and 8th grades.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 24,1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 24,1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3117AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The non-voting student recently named to the School Board (as required by the State) has had his role delineated.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 31, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 31, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Board

Item ID: 2453AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Charles Gilb, chairman of Arcadia Educational Foundation, writes a check for $35,000 to be presented to Don Fickas, president of the Board of Education. Money to be used to augment school district's science program.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 18, 1984

Pages: p. 1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 18, 1984

Pages: p. 1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia Educational Foundation; Gilb, Charles

Item ID: 482AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia School Improvement Program, successor to the Early Childhood Education Program, was dropped by the Arcadia School Board by a vote of 3-1, with one abstention.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 12, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 12, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Elementary Schools

Item ID: 2693AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Donald E. Fickas elected school board president, Mrs. Papay is VP.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 21, 1983

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 21, 1983

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: School Board - Elections; Fickas, Don; Papay, Carol

Item ID: 2541AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

On a 3-2 vote, the Board of Education agreed to let Arcadia High School seniors keep open lunch period.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 26, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 26, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Board

Item ID: 2470AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Donald E. Fickas, newly elected president of the Board of Education, discusses some of the problems facing the Board.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 20, 1980

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 20, 1980

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: School Board

Item ID: 2462AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The ever-present philosophic differences among School Board members over whether or not to accept Federal funds has come up again. It appears that a May-Horstman-Frempter coalition, which is against accepting Federal funds could block Title I applications.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 24, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 24, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Board

Item ID: 2449AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Don Fickas, a School Board member for 5 years, has announced that he will seek reelection.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 6, 1977

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 6, 1977

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: School Board - Elections; Fickas, Don

Item ID: 2496AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Incumbents Carol Papay and Don Fickas won re-election to four-year terms on the Board.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 23, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 23, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Board - Elections; Papay, Carol; Fickas, Don

Item ID: 2527AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia High School students had the highest math scores in 15 years on the SAT, 61 points above the national average, but verbal skills scored 16 points below the national average.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 16, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 16, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3120AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Don Fickas, president of the Arcadia Board of Education, praises Parent Alert's drug abuse education and prevention programs. He describes the schools' efforts at teaching students about the dangers of drugs.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 19, 1980

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 19, 1980

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Drug Abuse

Item ID: 1445AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Los Angeles County Commission on School District Organization voted 9-0 to deny Sierra Madre's petition to join the Arcadia School District. The matter will go to the state Board of Education, which may take 3-4 months to make a decision.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 5, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 5, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Pasadena Unified School District

Item ID: 2154AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

By a vote of 3-2, the City Council OK'd seeking Federal funds for the construction of an auditorium. The School Board has already voted to appropriate $4000 of the $6000 needed to update old plans.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 9, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 9, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Auditoriums

Item ID: 550AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Dr. Kay Clifford, president of the Board of Education and candidate for re-election, has dropped out of the race. Clifford has been called on a 3-year mission for his church.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 1, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 1, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Board - Elections; Clifford, Kay

Item ID: 2503AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Twelve seniors out of 783 were denied diplomas because of their failure to pass a battery of state-mandated basic skills tests. They are the first to be denied diplomas under the Pupil Proficiency Law of 1976. Arcadia's test requires ninth grade level competency.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 9, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 9, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Arcadia High School

Item ID: 2977AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Arcadia will not be voting on whether to have combined school board/city council elections next April. On a 3-2 vote, the City Council turned down the idea.

Don Fickas and Carol Papay (replacing Jim Harvey, who decided not to run again) are the new School Board members.

By a 3-2 vote, the School Board authorized the Superintendent of Schools to sign an assurance of compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974. This assures non-discrimination against the handicapped.

School board president Donald E. Fickas discusses school funding and closure. Planning for school closure was begun 2 1/2 years ago.

Results of the 1985-86 California Assessment Program show test scores that were "the highest since these current tests have been administered" in Arcadia's 3rd, 6th and 8th grades.

The non-voting student recently named to the School Board (as required by the State) has had his role delineated.

Charles Gilb, chairman of Arcadia Educational Foundation, writes a check for $35,000 to be presented to Don Fickas, president of the Board of Education. Money to be used to augment school district's science program.

The Arcadia School Improvement Program, successor to the Early Childhood Education Program, was dropped by the Arcadia School Board by a vote of 3-1, with one abstention.

Donald E. Fickas elected school board president, Mrs. Papay is VP.

On a 3-2 vote, the Board of Education agreed to let Arcadia High School seniors keep open lunch period.

Donald E. Fickas, newly elected president of the Board of Education, discusses some of the problems facing the Board.

The ever-present philosophic differences among School Board members over whether or not to accept Federal funds has come up again. It appears that a May-Horstman-Frempter coalition, which is against accepting Federal funds could block Title I applications.

Don Fickas, a School Board member for 5 years, has announced that he will seek reelection.

Incumbents Carol Papay and Don Fickas won re-election to four-year terms on the Board.

Arcadia High School students had the highest math scores in 15 years on the SAT, 61 points above the national average, but verbal skills scored 16 points below the national average.

Don Fickas, president of the Arcadia Board of Education, praises Parent Alert's drug abuse education and prevention programs. He describes the schools' efforts at teaching students about the dangers of drugs.

The Los Angeles County Commission on School District Organization voted 9-0 to deny Sierra Madre's petition to join the Arcadia School District. The matter will go to the state Board of Education, which may take 3-4 months to make a decision.

By a vote of 3-2, the City Council OK'd seeking Federal funds for the construction of an auditorium. The School Board has already voted to appropriate $4000 of the $6000 needed to update old plans.

Dr. Kay Clifford, president of the Board of Education and candidate for re-election, has dropped out of the race. Clifford has been called on a 3-year mission for his church.

Twelve seniors out of 783 were denied diplomas because of their failure to pass a battery of state-mandated basic skills tests. They are the first to be denied diplomas under the Pupil Proficiency Law of 1976. Arcadia's test requires ninth grade level competency.