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Arcadia will not be voting on whether to have combined school board/city council elections next April. On a 3-2 vote, the City Council turned down the idea.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1513
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Elections - Local
Item ID
1512AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Don Fickas and Carol Papay (replacing Jim Harvey, who decided not to run again) are the new School Board members.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2560
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 21, 1977
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 21, 1977
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
School Board - Elections
Fickas, Don
Papay, Carol
Item ID
2501AN
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Newspaper Index
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By a 3-2 vote, the School Board authorized the Superintendent of Schools to sign an assurance of compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974. This assures non-discrimination against the handicapped.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2512
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 15, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 15, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
2454AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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School board president Donald E. Fickas discusses school funding and closure. Planning for school closure was begun 2 1/2 years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2737
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 2, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 2, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Schools - Closure
Item ID
2671AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District achievement test scores in basic reading, writing and math skills are strong and well above the national average.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25795
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Test Scores
Item ID
25995AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3209
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 24,1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 24,1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3117AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The non-voting student recently named to the School Board (as required by the State) has had his role delineated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2511
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 31, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 31, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
2453AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Charles Gilb, chairman of Arcadia Educational Foundation, writes a check for $35,000 to be presented to Don Fickas, president of the Board of Education. Money to be used to augment school district's science program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper482
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1984
Pages
p. 1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1984
Pages
p. 1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Educational Foundation
Gilb, Charles
Item ID
482AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia School Improvement Program, successor to the Early Childhood Education Program, was dropped by the Arcadia School Board by a vote of 3-1, with one abstention.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2761
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 12, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 12, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Elementary Schools
Item ID
2693AN
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Newspaper Index
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Property owners overwhelmingly rejected the city's $2.2 million tax increase Tuesday, casting "no" votes by a 2 -to- 1 margin against the Fire Suppression District.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10224
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Elections - Fire Suppression District
Item ID
10174AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Donald E. Fickas elected school board president, Mrs. Papay is VP.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2600
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 21, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 21, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
School Board - Elections
Fickas, Don
Papay, Carol
Item ID
2541AN
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Newspaper Index
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On a 3-2 vote, the Board of Education agreed to let Arcadia High School seniors keep open lunch period.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2528
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 26, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 26, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
2470AN
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Newspaper Index
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Donald E. Fickas, newly elected president of the Board of Education, discusses some of the problems facing the Board.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2520
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
2462AN
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Newspaper Index
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Nearly all Los Angeles County skilled nursing facilities administered first doses of Covid-19 vaccine, including residents and staff at Arcadia Living.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35893
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 2021
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 2021
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia Living
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Skilled nursing facilities (SNF)
Pandemics
Vaccines
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The ever-present philosophic differences among School Board members over whether or not to accept Federal funds has come up again. It appears that a May-Horstman-Frempter coalition, which is against accepting Federal funds could block Title I applications.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2506
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 24, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 24, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
2449AN
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Newspaper Index
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Don Fickas, a School Board member for 5 years, has announced that he will seek reelection.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2555
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 6, 1977
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 6, 1977
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
School Board - Elections
Fickas, Don
Item ID
2496AN
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Newspaper Index
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Incumbents Carol Papay and Don Fickas won re-election to four-year terms on the Board.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2586
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board - Elections
Papay, Carol
Fickas, Don
Item ID
2527AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School students had the highest math scores in 15 years on the SAT, 61 points above the national average, but verbal skills scored 16 points below the national average.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3212
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 16, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 16, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3120AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Steinmeier and Yuen win seats on the school board. This was the first election to be conducted totally on touchscreen voting machines and results were available in 51 minutes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29324
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 26, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 26, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Steinmeier, Joann
Yuen, Annie
Arcadia Board of Education
Schools
Elections
Item ID
29508AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Don Fickas, president of the Arcadia Board of Education, praises Parent Alert's drug abuse education and prevention programs. He describes the schools' efforts at teaching students about the dangers of drugs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1446
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 19, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 19, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Drug Abuse
Item ID
1445AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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