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Hundreds of teachers across the San Gabriel Valley are facing layoffs again this summer and experts say cuts could be far more drastic if a solution to the state's budget problems is not reached. About 20,000 teachers in the state have been put on notice that they could be laid off if school districts do not receive the necessary state funding. Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) sent out notices to about 16% of its teachers.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD)
California state budget
Education
Layoffs
Teachers
Item ID
32567AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Manager Bill Kelly is skeptical about the way the State of California balanced this year's budget. The State promises to pay cities back for sales tax to be used to pay off $10.7 billion in loans. The maneuver, known as the "triple flip" will take half of the cities' sales tax revenue for the next five years, and pay it back out of property taxes now earmarked for schools. Arcadia will lose 25% of its vehicle license fee reimbursement, around $750,000. Arcadia is in good shape this year and next, primarily because of a healthy reserve fund. After 2004-2005, unless some solutions are in place, the city could face some hard times.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia City budget - 2003-2004
California state budget - 2003-2004
Item ID
31988AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Making the transition to Common Core State Standards. Arcadia Unified School District recruits in-house teachers, rather than hire outside consultants, to serve as classroom mentors for implementation. The standards align curricula across 46 states and District of Columbia.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 12, 2013
Pages
p. A8
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Mountain Views News
Date
October 12, 2013
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Common Core State Standards
Item ID
33842AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Board of Education voted to eliminate nearly nine teaching positions from next year's budget. The jobs cut are in 9th grade math and English, and in English language support in elementary schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Board of Education
Budget
Schools
Item ID
31349AN
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Newspaper Index
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A parcel tax in Arcadia appears to pass. Voters appear to have narrowly approved a parcel tax measure that will raise $3.4 million for the Arcadia Unified School District each year for the next five years, according to preliminary results. If the outcome is finalized, property owners would pay $228 per parcel per year in an effort to stave off additional cuts in the classroom. Measure A, which required a two-thirds vote to pass, was approved by 67.61% of those who voted in the district's boundaries. The vote should be finalized tomorrow.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Arcadia Unified School District
Elections--Ballot measures--Measure A
Item ID
33086AN
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Newspaper Index
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Secrecy by school districts blasted. Board of Education members Mike Spencer of West Covina Unified and Ramon Miramontes of Pasadena Unified each called for more transparency from their staffs on the issue of teacher misconduct. Pasadena Star News sent Public Records Act requests to 28 school districts in San Gabriel Valley requesting information on teacher misconduct. While two districts--Arcadia Unified School District and Bonita Unified--have now released information, 26 others have cited employee privacy concerns as a reason to keep their records private.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Teachers--misconduct
Item ID
33077AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park officials blamed February's rain for a 12.8 percent drop in average daily attendance at Santa Anita Park, but were heartened because the total money bet on and off track soared to a record of more than $1 billion.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 2000
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 2000
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
19016AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council gave preliminary approval of proposal to refinance its redevelopment agency to make money available for future projects.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Community Redevelopement Agency
Police Station
Bond issues
Item ID
29229AN
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Newspaper Index
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A chart shows school enrollment numbers from 1998 to 2004. More than 40 percent of the public school districts in California are experiencing declining enrollment. Experts say it is due to a decline in the birth rate and families' migration patterns.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2005
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2005
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Enrollment
Schools - West San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
29634AN
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Newspaper Index
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The failure of local school districts to release teacher misconduct records has parents and residents expressing concerns about child safety and government transparency. In the wake of recent sexual misconduct scandals in Los Angeles Unified School District, Pasadena Star News requested teacher misconduct records from 28 school districts in San Gabriel Valley. Of those, only Arcadia Unified School District complied fully with the request. The other 27 school districts either refused to turn over documents, asked for clarification or requested more time to look through their records.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 22, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 22, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Teachers--misconduct
Item ID
33079AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia city budget of $35.8 million for the 2003-2004 fiscal year was unveiled and will be the subject of a public hearing June 14. City Manager Bill Kelly called the spending program "flat line," with only 1.5 new city jobs in the coming year. Kelly said Arcadia is protected from possible cuts to meet state budget uncertainties because of $6 million in reserves, which were earmarked but never spent in a previous budget. The city is safe for at least the next two budget years.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 21
Subjects
Arcadia city budget - fiscal year 2003-2004
Item ID
31712AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District kicked off the 2001-2002 school year with its annual Back to School Barbeque. Kiwanis Club of Arcadia sponsored the event.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Costarella, Bob
Henderson, Stu
Schmitt, Fritz
Arcadia Kiwanis Club
Barbeques
Service clubs
Item ID
30270AN
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Newspaper Index
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The state's budget crisis could mean that Arcadia Unified School District will suffer a shortfall of an estimated $2.3 million in the 2008-2009 fiscal year. Figures for other local school districts are included.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
California state budget
Item ID
31142AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia School Board after a two-hour closed session decided that Foothills Middle School music teacher Sandra Ragusa - who resigned but then quickly changed her mind - could not have her job back.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Ragusa, Sandra
Schools - Foothills Middle School
Item ID
24844AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District's First Avenue Middle School music teacher Michael Danielson is one of only 16 teachers to be recognized as a 2019-2020 Teacher of the Year.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Danielson, Michael
First Avenue Middle School
Teachers
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Newspaper Index
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Construction of the Gold Line Foothill Extension will create nearly 7000 new jobs and pump nearly $1 billion into the region's economy, according to a new study of the project.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Jobs
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
32065AN
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Newspaper Index
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Many public schools in the west San Gabriel Valley have new teachers and administrators. Arcadia Unified welcomes more than 30 new teachers and a new principal at Arcadia High School.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Schools
Arcadia Unified School District
Item ID
29846AN
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Newspaper Index
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A report on fiscal year spending at area school districts shows South Pasadena Unified and La Canada Unified spend the smallest proportion of their general fund budgets on central administrative costs. Arcadia Unified and Temple City Unified spend the largest percentage of their budgets on teacher salaries.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
School districts
Budgets
Schools - San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
29931AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's American Legion Post 247 helps two teachers build classroom libraries.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
February 1, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
February 1, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia American Legion
Jensen, Allison
Widney, Traina
Item ID
33488AN
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Newspaper Index
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Parents and children rallied at three Arcadia middle schools, in an effort to prevent the potential layoffs of 105 Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) teachers and staff, blamed on an anticipated budget shortfall of at least $2 million next school year. Since the campaign started in late January, Arcadia Educational Foundation (AEF) has raised about $225,000, which will be presented to the AUSD. That is enough to save 3 teachers' positions.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Educational Foundation (AEF)
Arcadia Schools
Xu, Nancy
Item ID
32550AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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