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Arcadia Fire Chief Gerald Gardner says his department will recommend Anoakia School not be allowed to reopen this fall if safety deficiencies are not fixed. School owner Lowry McCaslin vows that everything will be taken care of.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 15, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 15, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools, Private - Anoakia School

Item ID: 3052AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

At a meeting of about 200 Anoakia School parents, directors of the school, which has operated on the former estate of Anita Baldwin for 48 years, explained the reasons the school wants to relocate after June 1990. Lowry McCaslin, who owns the property, wants to develop the 20 acre estate.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 22, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 22, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools, Private - Anoakia School

Item ID: 3055AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Planning Commission has approved a zone change for the Anoakia property from R-O 30,000 to R-O and D 22,000. The zone change will allow owner Lowrey McCaslin to develop the 19.13 acre site with 29 to 32 homes instead of 23.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 16, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 16, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 432AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A nursery owner who has been keeping his plants at Anoakia School will have to move them, the Arcadia City Council decided.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools, Private - Anoakia School

Item ID: 3053AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Anoakia School plans to relocate to another city. The Fire Department has cited the school with many violations in the past year. Last month the Department closed a group of 10 classrooms for being unsafe.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 11, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 11, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools, Private - Anoakia School

Item ID: 3054AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Christian School has leased the Santa Anita Elementary School which was closed due to declining enrollment. Article describes the school which expects 200 students this year ranging from pre-school through 8th grade.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 10, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 10, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School, Private - Arcadia Christian School

Item ID: 3060AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A committee set up by the Arcadia School District to study AIDS education has come up with a proposal to integrate it into the district's current health curriculum, which extends from kindergarten to 12th grade.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 16, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 16, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Board

Item ID: 2478AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Carol Phelan, a 1st/2nd grade teacher at Longley Way School has been named Arcadia's Teacher of the Year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1985

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1985

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Schools - Employees - Phelan, Carol

Item ID: 2862AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council approved a zone change for the 19 acre Anoakia property allowing development of 29 to 32 homes on 20,00 square feet lots.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 11, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 11, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 431AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Ernie Harrington, principal of Santa Anita Elementary School has retired. He joined the district staff in 1950 as a fourth grade teacher. Santa Anita School will not be opening in the fall.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 28, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 28, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Schools - Employees - Harrington, Ernie

Item ID: 2848AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Unified School District again ranked among the top 10% of statewide districts in the latest California Assessment Program (CAP) results. CAP scores were based on tests given to 3rd and 6th grade students last May in math, reading, and writing as well as tests given to 8th-graders in reading, math, history and science.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 8, 1989

Pages: "p. A-1, 2"

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 8, 1989

Pages: "p. A-1, 2"

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3127AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Isabelle Stires is retiring after 19 years in the Arcadia Unified School District. This past year Mrs. Stires has been teaching second grade at Camino Grove School. Before that she taught second and third graded at Bonita Park School. She and her husband plan to travel.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 18, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 18, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees - Stires, Isabelle

Item ID: 2880AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Gloria Horstman and Pete May, School Board of Education members, have announced they will not seek re-election. The third member whose term is nearly up, Paul Friedman, has not made up his mind.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 13, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 13, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Board - Elections; Horstman, Gloria; May, Lewis "Pete"

Item ID: 2530AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Sue Wallace, owner-operator of the Turnquist Dog School, has been training dogs for 35 years at Arcadia County Park. A decline in the city's dog population is eroding her once thriving business.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 26, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 26, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Turnquist Dog School

Item ID: 836AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An evaluation team from a consortium of Southland schools has generally commended Arcadia's Highland Oaks School. The team came up with 58 commendations, 23 suggestions and 15 recommendations.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools-Highland Oaks

Item ID: 2702AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia School District's summer school program will be offered free to students in all grade levels.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 23, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 23, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Summer School

Item ID: 3090AN

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

Enrollment in Arcadia schools, for the 8th school month declined compared to the same month last year. Enrollment overall, slipped from 7,553 to 7,419.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 18, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 18, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Enrollment

Item ID: 2904AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The school board discussed the possibility of implementing AIDS education at the 7th grade level. There is currently a 2.5 day session in the 10th grade that discusses the problem.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 11, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 11, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Board

Item ID: 2476AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Worried that they will not be able to meet deadlines for inspecting the city's schools for asbestos, the Board of Education has fired its contractor, Asbestos Environmental Controls.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 4, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 4, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools

Item ID: 2622AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Arcadia Fire Chief Gerald Gardner says his department will recommend Anoakia School not be allowed to reopen this fall if safety deficiencies are not fixed. School owner Lowry McCaslin vows that everything will be taken care of.

At a meeting of about 200 Anoakia School parents, directors of the school, which has operated on the former estate of Anita Baldwin for 48 years, explained the reasons the school wants to relocate after June 1990. Lowry McCaslin, who owns the property, wants to develop the 20 acre estate.

Arcadia Planning Commission has approved a zone change for the Anoakia property from R-O 30,000 to R-O and D 22,000. The zone change will allow owner Lowrey McCaslin to develop the 19.13 acre site with 29 to 32 homes instead of 23.

A nursery owner who has been keeping his plants at Anoakia School will have to move them, the Arcadia City Council decided.

Anoakia School plans to relocate to another city. The Fire Department has cited the school with many violations in the past year. Last month the Department closed a group of 10 classrooms for being unsafe.

The Arcadia Christian School has leased the Santa Anita Elementary School which was closed due to declining enrollment. Article describes the school which expects 200 students this year ranging from pre-school through 8th grade.

A committee set up by the Arcadia School District to study AIDS education has come up with a proposal to integrate it into the district's current health curriculum, which extends from kindergarten to 12th grade.

Carol Phelan, a 1st/2nd grade teacher at Longley Way School has been named Arcadia's Teacher of the Year.

The Arcadia City Council approved a zone change for the 19 acre Anoakia property allowing development of 29 to 32 homes on 20,00 square feet lots.

Ernie Harrington, principal of Santa Anita Elementary School has retired. He joined the district staff in 1950 as a fourth grade teacher. Santa Anita School will not be opening in the fall.

Isabelle Stires is retiring after 19 years in the Arcadia Unified School District. This past year Mrs. Stires has been teaching second grade at Camino Grove School. Before that she taught second and third graded at Bonita Park School. She and her husband plan to travel.

Gloria Horstman and Pete May, School Board of Education members, have announced they will not seek re-election. The third member whose term is nearly up, Paul Friedman, has not made up his mind.

Sue Wallace, owner-operator of the Turnquist Dog School, has been training dogs for 35 years at Arcadia County Park. A decline in the city's dog population is eroding her once thriving business.

An evaluation team from a consortium of Southland schools has generally commended Arcadia's Highland Oaks School. The team came up with 58 commendations, 23 suggestions and 15 recommendations.

Arcadia School District's summer school program will be offered free to students in all grade levels.

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.

Enrollment in Arcadia schools, for the 8th school month declined compared to the same month last year. Enrollment overall, slipped from 7,553 to 7,419.

The school board discussed the possibility of implementing AIDS education at the 7th grade level. There is currently a 2.5 day session in the 10th grade that discusses the problem.

Worried that they will not be able to meet deadlines for inspecting the city's schools for asbestos, the Board of Education has fired its contractor, Asbestos Environmental Controls.