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The Arcadia Board of Education has appointed Mildred Burgdorf- Hennessy to replace retrying John Sinclair as Assistant Superintendent of Personnel and Staff Development for the district.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2894
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Burgdorff-Hennessy, Mildred
Item ID
2821AN
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The Los Angeles County Commission on School District Organization voted 9-0 to deny Sierra Madre's petition to join the Arcadia School District. The matter will go to the state Board of Education, which may take 3-4 months to make a decision.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2176
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 5, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 5, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Pasadena Unified School District
Item ID
2154AN
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Terrance M. Towner, former Pasadena resident and school superintendent in Los Gatos, will be next superintendent for the Arcadia Unified School District. The Arcadia Board of Education selected Towner after a 4-month search. He replaces Stephen Goldstone, who left in September to become superintendent with the Chino Unified School District. Mr. Towner will earn $91,000 per year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3192
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Superintendent
Item ID
3101AN
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School district gets CAP test scores. Although Arcadia students remained comfortably above the 80th percentile in most categories in California Assessment Program test scores, the influx of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students into the district is having a definite impact. In 1976, there were 63 limited or non-English speaking students in Arcadia school district. As of October 1 this year, 539 students are in the LEP program. 78% of LEP students are Asian; 14 % are Spanish, 2 % European, with the remainder from other cultures. Fifteen languages are represented. See hard copy in Box 51.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33995
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1983
Pages
p. A1, A2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1983
Pages
p. A1, A2
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
California Assessment Program (CAP) test scores
English proficiency
Languages
Item ID
34189AN
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Dr. Stephen A. Goldstone was hired as the new superintendent for the Arcadia School District at a special meeting of the Arcadia Board of Education. Goldstone, currently employed as the superintendent of the Albany Unified School District near San Francisco, will begin his duties in Arcadia July 1, 1985.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3184
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 17, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 17, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Superintendent - Goldstone, Stephen A.
Item ID
3093AN
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The Arcadia Board of Education has begun the process of finding a new superintendent of Arcadia schools. Elbert Souders, current superintendent who announced his retirement last spring, will leave the district in June 1985. The Board has hired Dr. Elaine Boyce of School Services of California, Inc. to coordinate recruitment and selection process.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3183
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 16, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 16, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Superintendent
Item ID
3092AN
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Owen Van Buskirk is retiring after 23 years with the Arcadia School District. Biographical notes included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2959
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 5, 1981
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 5, 1981
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Van Buskirk, Owen
Item ID
2886AN
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Dr. Ed Ryan, who is retiring after 14 years from his position as superintendent of Arcadia schools, has been appointed Director of the Institute for Research in Educational Administration at USC. The article gives a brief history of his career in education and expresses Dr. Ryan's views on the financial problems besetting California schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3188
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 3, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 3, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Superintendent
Item ID
3097AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2953
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Stires, Isabelle
Item ID
2880AN
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Holly Avenue School principal Hardy J. "Jim" Gerhardt, is retiring after 31 years with the Arcadia Unified School District.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2912
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 7, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 7, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Gerhardt, Hardy J. "Jim"
Item ID
2839AN
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23 Arcadia High School students capped third-place honors in the California State Finals of the National Bicentennial Competition. The students, in Ron Morris' advanced placement government class, last month won first place in the 22nd Congressional District contest, which included five local schools. Photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3077
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1990
Pages
p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1990
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Morris, Ron
Item ID
2999AN
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About 1500 people went to a hearing before the county Commission on School District Organization to discuss the possible transfer of Sierra Madre schools from the Pasadena Unified School District to the Arcadia Unified School District. The hearing is the first step in a long process that involves approval by the state Board of Education and local voters before an area can transfer to another school district.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2175
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 15, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 15, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Pasadena Unified School District
Item ID
2153AN
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Ross Browne will retire after 31 years as an educator, the last 21 as principal of Longley Way.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2892
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Browne, Ross
Item ID
2819AN
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Marilyn Morrison, 63, the community relations director for the Methodist Hospital of Southern California, is retiring after 33 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1993
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 29, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 29, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Morrison, Marilyn
Item ID
1988AN
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Dolly McLain has retired after 23 years of service with the Arcadia Unified School District. For the last 17 years she has worked as secretary to the Superintendent and the Board of Education.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2927
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 2, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 2, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - McLain, Dolly
Item ID
2854AN
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The Arcadia School Board took a neutral position on the proposed transfer of Sierra Madre students to the Arcadia Unified School District.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2174
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 11, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 11, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Pasadena Unified School District
Item ID
2152AN
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Hope Todd is retiring from her position as District Administrative Secretary. She has worked for the district for 23 years. Biographical notes included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2956
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 8, 1981
Pages
p. A-2 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 8, 1981
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Todd, Hope
Item ID
2883AN
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The University of La Verne has agreed to sponsor summer school in Arcadia to take the place of that cut by the passage of Proposition 13. Tuition will be charged.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3178
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 25, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 25, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Summer School
Item ID
3088AN
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Some Sierra Madre parents want to split from the Pasadena Unified School District and join the Arcadia Unified School District because of Arcadia's high-ranking CAP scores and low dropout rate. Members of Arcadia's Board of Education question whether they could handle the influx of new students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2173
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 23, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 23, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Pasadena Unified School District
Item ID
2151AN
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Newspaper Index
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Russell J. Ribb, former superintendent for the Hacienda-La Puente Unified School District, has been named to serve as Arcadia's interim school superintendent. Elaine Boyce of the School Service of California, a Sacramento-based consulting firm, has been hired to recruit a new superintendent.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3186
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Superintendent - Ribb, Russell
Item ID
3095AN
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Newspaper Index
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