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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%.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 12, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 12, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2944AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

In search of $50,000 in additional money for education, the Arcadia Unified School District has kicked off a district-wide energy conservation program in an effort to cut energy usage for each school by 10% compared with last year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 19, 1985

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 19, 1985

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2933AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Unified School District officials prepared for a second try at a bond measure to rehabilitate school facilities by taking a group of seniors to Arcadia High School for a meeting and tour.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: March 29, 1993

Pages: p. A-3

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: March 29, 1993

Pages: p. A-3

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 231AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Teachers in the Arcadia Unified School District will receive a 7% pay raise for the 1986-87 fiscal year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 7, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 7, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2782AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Unified School District will be about $42,000 richer but has to go through complicated legal process as result of Senate Bill 813.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2931AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Board of Education of the Arcadia Unified School District has approved a one year contract with the teachers union that includes a 5 percent pay raise.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: January 12, 2008

Pages: p. Local 1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: January 12, 2008

Pages: p. Local 1

Subjects: Arcadia Unified School District; Labor contracts; Teachers union

Item ID: 31076AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Last year the School District received $138,000 from different community groups. The District, in a financial crunch, used the funds for some of its basic expenses.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 9, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 9, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2941AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Declining enrollment over the past few years has hurt the Arcadia school system financially, since income is based on attendance. The 1984-85 budget totals over $20 million. Last year the school district went $300,000 over budget. Cuts will have to be made to accommodate the finances for the upcoming school year, but they will mainly be made in areas outside the classroom.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 5, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 5, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2932AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council unanimously agreed to hold a June election to attempt to bail the school district out of its financial troubles. Proposition A would increase the utility tax by 2%, bringing in $550,000. Proposition B would raise the tax an additional 1% bringing $250,000 more. The funds would be for maintenance of school property and facilities used by the city.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 12, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 12, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2923AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's parcel tax, Measure A, is validated. It gives schools $17 million over the next 5 years. Residents, with a few exceptions (seniors and those who receive Social Security), will have to pay an additional $228/year to help offset the fiscal deficit the Arcadia Unified School District faces. This Measure A was on the March 13 ballot.

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Newspaper: San Gabriel Valley Edition of San Marino Tribune

Date: March 29, 2012

Pages: p. S1, S3

Newspaper: San Gabriel Valley Edition of San Marino Tribune

Date: March 29, 2012

Pages: p. S1, S3

Subjects: Arcadia Schools; Arcadia Unified School District; Elections--Ballot measures--Measure A

Item ID: 33103AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Administrators and secretaries in the Arcadia Unified School District have been granted a 5% pay raise for 1984-85.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 1, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 1, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2777AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia School Board members unanimously approved the funds to prepare and file the necessary legal documents to hold a bond election on September 15 that could raise nearly $28 million to renovate the district's classrooms.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 16, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 16, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 43AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Apparent violations of state laws prior to 1978 are costing the Arcadia School District $250,000 at a time when it is already having to squeeze $1 million from its program just to maintain a balanced budget.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2939AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

About $1 million will have to be chopped from the expenditures column of Arcadia School District's 1987-88 tentative budget if the district wants to ensure an adequate contingency fund and avoid running a deficit. According to Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, Dennis Chuning, this undoubtedly involves staff cuts.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 17, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 17, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2937AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Unified School District employees voted to accept a 5% pay raise for 1978-79, retroactive to November 1, 1978.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 8, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 8, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2731AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

It appears residents will have an opportunity to vote in June on whether the city should help the school district with its financial problems. They are trying to reduce the budget by $1.2 million.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 8, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 8, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2922AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Though Arcadia Unified School District has had to cut back on employees due to lack of money from the state, it will soon hire and elementary school counselor thanks to some imaginative use of state grant money.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 25, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 25, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2788AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: March 15, 2012

Pages: p. A1, A4

Newspaper: 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

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article outlines discussion at City Council meeting about the ballot measure to increase the utility tax to raise money for the schools. It was suggested a higher admission tax at Santa Anita Park be used to raise the money.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 15, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 15, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2924AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council has expressed interest in helping bail the school district out of some of its financial problems. There are a number of areas in which the city could provide assistance. One possibility being considered is a June election to determine public support for such action.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 25, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 25, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2925AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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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%.

In search of $50,000 in additional money for education, the Arcadia Unified School District has kicked off a district-wide energy conservation program in an effort to cut energy usage for each school by 10% compared with last year.

Arcadia Unified School District officials prepared for a second try at a bond measure to rehabilitate school facilities by taking a group of seniors to Arcadia High School for a meeting and tour.

Teachers in the Arcadia Unified School District will receive a 7% pay raise for the 1986-87 fiscal year.

Arcadia Unified School District will be about $42,000 richer but has to go through complicated legal process as result of Senate Bill 813.

The Board of Education of the Arcadia Unified School District has approved a one year contract with the teachers union that includes a 5 percent pay raise.

Last year the School District received $138,000 from different community groups. The District, in a financial crunch, used the funds for some of its basic expenses.

Administrators and secretaries in the Arcadia Unified School District have been granted a 5% pay raise for 1984-85.

Arcadia School Board members unanimously approved the funds to prepare and file the necessary legal documents to hold a bond election on September 15 that could raise nearly $28 million to renovate the district's classrooms.

Apparent violations of state laws prior to 1978 are costing the Arcadia School District $250,000 at a time when it is already having to squeeze $1 million from its program just to maintain a balanced budget.

The Arcadia Unified School District employees voted to accept a 5% pay raise for 1978-79, retroactive to November 1, 1978.

It appears residents will have an opportunity to vote in June on whether the city should help the school district with its financial problems. They are trying to reduce the budget by $1.2 million.

Though Arcadia Unified School District has had to cut back on employees due to lack of money from the state, it will soon hire and elementary school counselor thanks to some imaginative use of state grant money.

Article outlines discussion at City Council meeting about the ballot measure to increase the utility tax to raise money for the schools. It was suggested a higher admission tax at Santa Anita Park be used to raise the money.

City Council has expressed interest in helping bail the school district out of some of its financial problems. There are a number of areas in which the city could provide assistance. One possibility being considered is a June election to determine public support for such action.