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About 1500 people went to a hearing before the county Commission on School District Organization to discuss the possible transfer of Sierra Madre schools from the Pasadena Unified School District to the Arcadia Unified School District. The hearing is the first step in a long process that involves approval by the state Board of Education and local voters before an area can transfer to another school district.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2175
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 15, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 15, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Pasadena Unified School District
Item ID
2153AN
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A major item on the agenda for the Monday night Arcadia school board meeting is a public hearing on the district's contract proposal to the classified employees.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2523
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 8, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 8, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
2465AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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School board sets public hearing on contract proposal to Arcadia Teachers' Association at school board meeting Monday night.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2838
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 8, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 8, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees
Item ID
2768AN
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Newspaper Index
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The first public hearing on the closure of two public schools was held December 10. Most of the speakers urged the Board to look for other alternatives to closure. The savings isn't enough to justify the move. The Space Utilization Committee did not explore alternatives to closure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2732
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Closure
Item ID
2666AN
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Newspaper Index
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Public hearings will be held in re proposed residential development north of Foothills Junior High School. The first hearing will discuss only the environmental impact report.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1193
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Planning
Item ID
1192AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City of Arcadia and the Arcadia Unified School District, in a joint effort with the Youth Master Plan Committee, kicked off the opening of the first summer youth center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27520
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Summer Youth Center
Youth Master Plan Committee
Item ID
27718AN
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Newspaper Index
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A public hearing is scheduled Monday night by the Arcadia Board of Education on the initial contract proposal by the district's classified employees. They are members of the California School Employees Association, Chapter 40, and are seeking a 10% salary increase.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2825
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 10, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 10, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees
Item ID
2755AN
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At the Board of Education meeting there was some discussion of the Space Utilization Committee's recommendation to close two elementary schools, Bonita Park and Baldwin Stocker. Robert Kladifke, a member of the committee, objected to closing the newest and most educationally modern school in the district, Baldwin Stocker. Two public hearings are scheduled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2730
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 13, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 13, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Schools - Closure
Item ID
2664AN
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The Arcadia Unified School Board discussed the possible reconfiguration of the district's grade levels in hopes of dealing with overcrowding at the junior high level. Most of the public that asked to address the issue spoke out against it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper298
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
December 10, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
December 10, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
298AN
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The first of several public hearings was held in re the Environmental Impact Report on proposed hillside development north of Foothills Junior High School. This represents one of the first tests of the city's new RM (Residential-Mountainous) zone.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1192
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 28, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 28, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Planning
Item ID
1191AN
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Classroom of the future is in Arcadia. Arcadia Unified School District embraces AltSchool's "Personalized Learning" technology in an experimental lab that has flexible seating, desks and walls that can be written on, hanging chairs, an observation room, Google Jam Board, and other tools and techniques not typically used in other public schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35077
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
February 1, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Mountain Views News
Date
February 1, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Personalized learning
Item ID
35266AN
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Article reviews second public hearing on the possible closure of two elementary schools. The Board of Education hopes to make a final decision by their second meeting in January.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2734
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 11, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 11, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Closure
Item ID
2668AN
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Demolition crews using an acetylene cutting torch set fire to an old dormitory building on the Anoakia estate on Monday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper19261
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2000
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2000
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Anoakia
Item ID
19503AN
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Firemen have decided that the Memorial Day fire at First Avenue Junior High School was definitely the work of arsonists. All of the other possible causes have been eliminated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3120
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3037AN
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Arcadia Unified School District celebrates grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony of the Compressed Natural Gas Station. It was made possible by nearly $500,000 in grants from California Energy Commission and Mobile Source Air Pollution Review Committee. The new CNG station is estimated to save the district up to $40,000 in fuel and maintenance costs per year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33738
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 25, 2014
Pages
p. 5
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Mountain Views News
Date
January 25, 2014
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Aragon, Christina
Arcadia Unified School District
Chew, Janet
Compressed Natural Gas
Kinsler, Kay
Reynolds, Brook
Schmidt, Joan
Shawn, Joel
Vannasdall, Dave
Item ID
33934AN
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A group of 350-400 teachers and supporters staged a demonstration and rally before the school board meeting to express their views on the deadlocked negotiations. A mediator sent out by the Public Employees Relations Board was in the district Monday but nothing was accomplished.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2810
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 30, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 30, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees
Item ID
2740AN
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Bernadine Spencer, a teacher at First Avenue Jr. High, was honored as the District's Teacher of the Year by the Board of Education last week.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2951
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 19, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photos
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 19, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photos
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Spencer, Bernadine
Item ID
2878AN
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Arcadia draft of proposed district maps are available for public comment. The drawing of City Council districts is regulated by state and federal law.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34952
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
City council districts
Voting
Item ID
35142AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Space Utilization Committee will probably recommend the closure of two schools. Consensus was that one of the two should be Bonita Park, the smallest elementary school in the district. Committee members are still studying which other school to pair with Bonita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2728
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 16, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 16, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Closure
Item ID
2662AN
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Controversy surrounds the appointment of a new principal at Arcadia High School as the district interview committee forwarded only one candidate to the school board for approval. The contract requires 2-4 candidates be reviewed. The teachers' union protested.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29557
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Principals
Vannasdall, David
Item ID
29741AN
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Newspaper Index
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