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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The preliminary budget for the Arcadia Unified School District includes $25 million of expenditures, about 2% higher than last year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 11, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 11, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Budget

Item ID: 2649AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article outlines school board's plans if voters approve a boost in the utility tax in June.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 7, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 7, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2926AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article outlines arguments for and against the two ballot measures raising the utility tax in order to restore school programs and prevent school closure.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 10, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 10, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2927AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Assemblyman Richard Mountjoy's staff is trying to obtain a special waiver to save the Arcadia School District much of the $250,000 it was allotted to rectify old violations of state law.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2940AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia schools have received $377,665 from the California state lottery and the district expects another, slightly smaller, payment for January-March 1986.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 12, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 12, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2935AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article discusses further arguments pro and con on the upcoming ballot measures to raise the utility tax to provide funding for the schools.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 11, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 11, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2928AN

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The preliminary budget for the Arcadia Unified School District includes $25 million of expenditures, about 2% higher than last year.

Article outlines school board's plans if voters approve a boost in the utility tax in June.

Article outlines arguments for and against the two ballot measures raising the utility tax in order to restore school programs and prevent school closure.

Assemblyman Richard Mountjoy's staff is trying to obtain a special waiver to save the Arcadia School District much of the $250,000 it was allotted to rectify old violations of state law.

Arcadia schools have received $377,665 from the California state lottery and the district expects another, slightly smaller, payment for January-March 1986.

Article discusses further arguments pro and con on the upcoming ballot measures to raise the utility tax to provide funding for the schools.