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The Arcadia Unified School District's high school dropout rate was 1.13% for the 1987-88 school year. Erroneous figures previously released by the state Dept. of Education had the figures at 7.05% to 15%.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3020
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2944AN
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Enrollment in Arcadia schools dipped from 7,695 to 7,552 compared to the same time last year, although it increased in grades 9-12 and may be leveling off in kindergarten.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2977
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 16, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 16, 1985
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Enrollment
Item ID
2903AN
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Results of statewide achievement scores for students in grades 3, 6 and 12 indicate that among area schools, only Arcadia Unified School District students scored above the state average in every area examined.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3201
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 23, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 23, 1980
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3109AN
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Lynette Dunn retires from teaching 3rd grade at the Holly Avenue School in Arcadia for 38 years, but plans to serve as a volunteer for the Arcadia school district. Biographical notes included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2905
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 19, 1984
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 19, 1984
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Dunn, Lynette
Item ID
2832AN
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Since January, when the School Board raised the pay for substitute teachers, 41 new subs have been hired. Pay rates in surrounding cities are included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2880
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees
Item ID
2807AN
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While enrollment at Arcadia schools continued its decline overall, the number of students in 9th through 12 grades actually increased.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2976
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1985
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Enrollment
Item ID
2902AN
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Some Sierra Madre parents want to split from the Pasadena Unified School District and join the Arcadia Unified School District because of Arcadia's high-ranking CAP scores and low dropout rate. Members of Arcadia's Board of Education question whether they could handle the influx of new students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2173
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 23, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 23, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Pasadena Unified School District
Item ID
2151AN
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Arcadia School District's summer school program will be offered free to students in all grade levels.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3180
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Summer School
Item ID
3090AN
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Owen Van Buskirk is retiring after 23 years with the Arcadia School District. Biographical notes included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2959
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 5, 1981
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 5, 1981
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p. A-1 photo
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Schools - Employees - Van Buskirk, Owen
Item ID
2886AN
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Paul Long, who taught in the Arcadia Unified School District for 33 years, is retiring. Biographical notes included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2926
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1984
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1984
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Long, Paul
Item ID
2853AN
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Betty Wilhite retires from the Arcadia Unified School District after 37 years. Biographical notes included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2965
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1984
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1984
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Wilhite, Betty
Item ID
2892AN
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Although Arcadia students slipped in their 1983-84 California Assessment Program scores compared to their own performance last year, they still scored well above the average compared to schools statewide. According to figures released by the Arcadia School District and the State Department of Education, Arcadia students in grades 3, 6, 8 and 12 did well above average in all areas tested.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3205
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 2, 1984
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 2, 1984
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3113AN
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Bruce Polay is the Arcadia High School orchestra conductor and the district's representative to the elementary schools for their part in the instrumental program. Biographical notes included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2938
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 12, 1981
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 12, 1981
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Polay, Bruce
Item ID
2865AN
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John Blanken, newly retired 6th grade teacher from Holly Avenue, enjoyed 21 years at the school after a 20-year stint in the U.S. Navy. Biographical notes included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2889
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 22, 1984
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 22, 1984
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Blanken, John
Item ID
2816AN
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The Board of Education reviewed results of the California Assessment Test. Arcadia students in grades 3, 6 and 12 scored well above the statewide average of 50.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3202
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 12, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 12, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3110AN
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First Avenue Junior High, severely damaged by a fire in 1979, will reopen this fall to students in grades 7-9 although reconstruction of the building is incomplete. Portable classrooms will be used.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3122
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 28, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 28, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3039AN
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The Board of Education realigned elementary school boundaries as the result of the decision to close two schools. Map included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2764
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 4, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 4, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Elementary Schools
Item ID
2696AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2921
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 28, 1981
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 28, 1981
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Harrington, Ernie
Item ID
2848AN
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Severe budget reductions loom in the future for Arcadia schools as a result of decreasing enrollment, according to an annual report from the district.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2711
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 16, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 16, 1986
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Budget
Item ID
2646AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2953
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1982
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Stires, Isabelle
Item ID
2880AN
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