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Helen Weakley will be honored by the Board of Education for outstanding service. She has been a bus driver for the district since 1965. She also trains bus drivers. Biographical notes included.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 24, 1982

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 24, 1982

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Subjects: Schools - Employees - Weakley, Helen

Item ID: 2890AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Ernest "Cal" Ford recently retired after 27 years of driving a school bus for Arcadia School District. Ford is a second generation school bus driver. His father drove a school bus for Arcadia in the 1930's.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 29, 1980

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 29, 1980

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Schools - Employees - Ford, Ernest

Item ID: 2835AN

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

The Supreme Court has prohibited school districts from charging home-to-school bus fares. During the 1987-88 school year, approximately 800 students paid $59 a quarter for bus service in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 4, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 4, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Children - Transportation

Item ID: 2572AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia school officials are considering bus transportation for students on a pay-as-you-go basis.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 17, 1978

Pages: p. B-4

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 17, 1978

Pages: p. B-4

Subjects: School Children - Transportation

Item ID: 2568AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Kindergartners living three quarters of a mile or more from their school will be eligible for free bus transportation.

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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: School Children - Transportation

Item ID: 2574AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Creative Academy of Learning, which has taken over Bonita Park Elementary School, is dedicated to helping physically and mentally disabled children.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 11, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 11, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools, Private - Creative Academy of Learning

Item ID: 3062AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Summary of the action taken before the School Board to get new contracts and pay raises for Arcadia teachers.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 1, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 1, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2715AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The School Board suspended all school bus fees for students in the district and discontinued the home-to-school transportation service for the majority of students to make up for the lost revenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 18, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 18, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Children - Transportation

Item ID: 2573AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Carolyn Searfoss, a bus driver for the Arcadia Unified School District, has been active for 12 years in the Arcadia Music Club, the parent support group for the band and orchestra. Among other things, she attempts to measure and fit some 200 uniforms for members of the band.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-6 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-6 photo

Subjects: Schools - Employees - Searfoss, Carolyn

Item ID: 2870AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Board will decide May 11 which two of four elementary schools to close next fall. Bonita Park is the most likely candidate for closure. Comments pro and con on the four schools under consideration (Santa Anita, Holly Ave., Bonita Park and Baldwin Park) are given.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 30, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 30, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Closure

Item ID: 2672AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Barring the passage of Measure B on the June 16 ballot, Bonita Park and Santa Anita elementary schools will be closed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 14, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 14, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Closure

Item ID: 2673AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 13, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 13, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary; Schools - Closure

Item ID: 2664AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia School District will continue to charge fees for bus transportation for students despite uncertainties caused by a Court of Appeals ruling and a pending state Supreme Court decision.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 24, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 24, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Children - Transportation

Item ID: 2571AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Mrs. Johanna Hofer has declared that she will be a write-in candidate for the April 19 School Board election. A vocal critic of the Board, she expressed her views on the issues.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 14, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 14, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Board - Elections; Hofer, Johanna

Item ID: 2500AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Petitions are being circulated that are aimed at thwarting the possible closure of two elementary schools. The savings would amount to only .7% of an $18 million school budget - not enough to justify closing the schools, according to the parents of students at Bonita Park and Baldwin Stocker.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 18, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 18, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary; Schools - Closure

Item ID: 2667AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article discusses need to close one or more of the Arcadia schools in 1981. A committee has been appointed to study the matter. Likely candidates for closure are Bonita Park, Santa Anita and Holly Avenue elementary schools. The vacated property might be used as a senior citizen center.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 15, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 15, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Closure

Item ID: 2658AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

After 19 years as an employee with Arcadia Unified School District, Virgil J. Goode has retired. Goode worked over the years as custodian, groundsman and bus driver.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 19, 1980

Pages: p. A-9

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 19, 1980

Pages: p. A-9

Subjects: Schools - Employees - Goode, Virgil J.

Item ID: 2840AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia school officials have declined an offer by local Assembly- man Richard Mountjoy to try to get a legislative waiver for the district so it won't have to replace classrooms that were never inspected by the state architect.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 6, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 6, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools

Item ID: 2618AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

On February 27, 1979, James Hooper, an Arcadia mailman, entered an Arcadia residence through a window when he heard moaning inside. An elderly woman, living alone, had fallen and broken her hip. On February 26, 1981, Hooper again heard moaning sounds at the same residence and entered to find the same woman had again fallen. She was taken to the hospital.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 12, 1981

Pages: p. A-7

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 12, 1981

Pages: p. A-7

Subjects: Postal Service - Hooper, James

Item ID: 2242AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Helen Weakley will be honored by the Board of Education for outstanding service. She has been a bus driver for the district since 1965. She also trains bus drivers. Biographical notes included.

Ernest "Cal" Ford recently retired after 27 years of driving a school bus for Arcadia School District. Ford is a second generation school bus driver. His father drove a school bus for Arcadia in the 1930's.

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.

The Supreme Court has prohibited school districts from charging home-to-school bus fares. During the 1987-88 school year, approximately 800 students paid $59 a quarter for bus service in Arcadia.

Arcadia school officials are considering bus transportation for students on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Kindergartners living three quarters of a mile or more from their school will be eligible for free bus transportation.

The Creative Academy of Learning, which has taken over Bonita Park Elementary School, is dedicated to helping physically and mentally disabled children.

Summary of the action taken before the School Board to get new contracts and pay raises for Arcadia teachers.

The School Board suspended all school bus fees for students in the district and discontinued the home-to-school transportation service for the majority of students to make up for the lost revenue.

Carolyn Searfoss, a bus driver for the Arcadia Unified School District, has been active for 12 years in the Arcadia Music Club, the parent support group for the band and orchestra. Among other things, she attempts to measure and fit some 200 uniforms for members of the band.

The Board will decide May 11 which two of four elementary schools to close next fall. Bonita Park is the most likely candidate for closure. Comments pro and con on the four schools under consideration (Santa Anita, Holly Ave., Bonita Park and Baldwin Park) are given.

Barring the passage of Measure B on the June 16 ballot, Bonita Park and Santa Anita elementary schools will be closed.

Arcadia School District will continue to charge fees for bus transportation for students despite uncertainties caused by a Court of Appeals ruling and a pending state Supreme Court decision.

Mrs. Johanna Hofer has declared that she will be a write-in candidate for the April 19 School Board election. A vocal critic of the Board, she expressed her views on the issues.

Petitions are being circulated that are aimed at thwarting the possible closure of two elementary schools. The savings would amount to only .7% of an $18 million school budget - not enough to justify closing the schools, according to the parents of students at Bonita Park and Baldwin Stocker.

Article discusses need to close one or more of the Arcadia schools in 1981. A committee has been appointed to study the matter. Likely candidates for closure are Bonita Park, Santa Anita and Holly Avenue elementary schools. The vacated property might be used as a senior citizen center.

After 19 years as an employee with Arcadia Unified School District, Virgil J. Goode has retired. Goode worked over the years as custodian, groundsman and bus driver.

Arcadia school officials have declined an offer by local Assembly- man Richard Mountjoy to try to get a legislative waiver for the district so it won't have to replace classrooms that were never inspected by the state architect.