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Debra Amos, Food Services Director for the Arcadia Unified School District for the last 20 years, recently earned the Silver Special Achievement Award from the National Food Service Achievement Management Excellence program. She discusses her job and how tastes have changed over the years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31369
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 2, 2009
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 2, 2009
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Amos, Debra
Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD)
Item ID
31564AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Christina Aragon, Assistant Superintendent of business services at Arcadia Unified School District, totaled her district car that she uses as a personal vehicle. It is part of her salary package. Arcadia School Board members and Superintendent Mimi Hennessy defended Aragon in media coverage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30202
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Aragon, Christina
Arcadia Unified School District
Automobile accidents
Cayer, Margaret
Takamura, Vickie
Item ID
30389AN
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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2963
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1982
Pages
p. A-2 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1982
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Weakley, Helen
Item ID
2890AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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After 21 years with the Arcadia Unified School District, superintendent Mimi Hennessy, 63, is retiring. Her last day will be July 1, 2008, and Joel Shawn will take her place.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31032
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 21, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 21, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District - superintendents - educators
Hennessy, Mimi
Item ID
31227AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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After teaching music in the Arcadia Unified School District for 39 years, Dennis Davies retires.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21226
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2001
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Davies, Dennis
Item ID
21453AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) introduced the new $7.5 million Facilities and Maintenance Yard Tuesday, which is the culminating project of the $218 million Measure I bond that spanned more than ten years. This school bond measure was voted on and passed by the Arcadia community in 2006. Jim Leahy, retired Executive Director of Facilities was honored for his contribution.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35283
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 20, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 20, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD)
Leahy, Jim
Item ID
35472AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2908
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 29, 1980
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 29, 1980
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Ford, Ernest
Item ID
2835AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Carol Kettell will be retiring from the Arcadia Unified School District after 34 years, the vast majority of them at Dana Middle School. Photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16293
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
February 25, 1999
Pages
p. 9
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Sierra Madre News
Date
February 25, 1999
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Kettell, Carol
Item ID
17089AN
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Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2913
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 19, 1980
Pages
p. A-9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 19, 1980
Pages
p. A-9
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Goode, Virgil J.
Item ID
2840AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Photo showing what appears to be part of an illegal still. Five men are shown. Med Cayer, Arcadia police officer, is 2nd from left. Arcadia police officer Jack Miller is on extreme right. The men are standing in front of a building with a car behind them. There are two motorcycles visible on either side of the group. Med Cayer and Jack Miller are in uniform, the other three men do not appear to be in uniform. Identification provided by Arcadia Police Sgt. Andrew Ballantyne.

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Date
c.1921
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Date
c.1921
Subjects
Cayer, Med
Miller, Jack
Police Department
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
931
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Betty Wilhite retires from the Arcadia Unified School District after 37 years. Biographical notes included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2965
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1984
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1984
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Wilhite, Betty
Item ID
2892AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Lighting maintenance district

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4276
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 11, 1968
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 11, 1968
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Public Works
Item ID
4152AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Among the many maintenance projects scheduled for the schools during the summer is a project to relocate the District's central library from the Administration Building to Holly Avenue Elementary School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2684
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
2620AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Maxine Friesen retires as Food Services Director of Arcadia Unified School District.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2911
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 21, 1983
Pages
p. B-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 21, 1983
Pages
p. B-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Friesen, Maxine
Item ID
2838AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District celebrates grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony of the Compressed Natural Gas Station. It was made possible by nearly $500,000 in grants from California Energy Commission and Mobile Source Air Pollution Review Committee. The new CNG station is estimated to save the district up to $40,000 in fuel and maintenance costs per year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33738
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 25, 2014
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 25, 2014
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Aragon, Christina
Arcadia Unified School District
Chew, Janet
Compressed Natural Gas
Kinsler, Kay
Reynolds, Brook
Schmidt, Joan
Shawn, Joel
Vannasdall, Dave
Item ID
33934AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Board of Education approved an application to the state for a deferred maintenance program to assist with painting, roofing and asphalt costs. The unresolved question is where district matching funds will come from.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3005
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 29, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 29, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2930AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 2, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - McLain, Dolly
Item ID
2854AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Deferred maintenance and capital improvement projects to be done this summer include roofing, re-roofing, painting, kitchen and plumbing work at area schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30020
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Arcadia Unified School District - Board of Education
Improvements
Contracts
Item ID
30207AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2943
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 5, 1981
Pages
p. A-6 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 5, 1981
Pages
p. A-6 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Searfoss, Carolyn
Item ID
2870AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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