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Distinguished schools for 1996 locally are Arcadia's First Avenue, Foothills and Dana Middle schools and Arcadia High School.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 3, 1996
Pages
p. A-1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 3, 1996
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Schools - Dana Junior High School
Item ID
5697AN
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Newspaper Index
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Students at Holly Avenue Elementary School can choose the traditional September-June schedule or attend year-round classes with 4 shorter breaks, instead of the three-month summer vacation. The new schedule has the usual 180 days, but includes 4 sessions of about 9 weeks and breaks as long as 20 days.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4495
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 1995
Pages
p. H2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 1995
Pages
p. H2
Subjects
Schools - Holly Avenue Elementary School
Item ID
4371AN
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Fred Peritone, Arcadia High School history teacher and San Gabriel Valley Mets baseball coach, is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper208
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 1993
Pages
p. 6 photo; Highlander section
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 1993
Pages
p. 6 photo; Highlander section
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Peritone, Fred
Item ID
208AN
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Camino Grove elementary teacher Patricia Ann Baltz will be one of 60 teachers profiled by the Disney Channel. 36 finalists will be culled from the 60 teachers profiled, and each will receive an honorarium of $2500. Disney will also award one additional cash prize of $25,000 to an "Outstanding Teacher of 1993." The teacher's school will receive $25,000 and the school district $10,000.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1993
Pages
p. 3; Highlander section
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1993
Pages
p. 3; Highlander section
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Baltz, Patricia Ann
Item ID
217AN
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The family of Kelly Salomone, a 21 year old University of La Verne student who was killed when a car driven by Gary Southworth, 45, slammed into her vehicle on December 12, has started a letter writing campaign urging people to pressure the state into taking away his teaching credential. School Board members defended their decision to allow Southworth to return to the Arcadia Unified School District.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 1993
Pages
p. A-6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 1993
Pages
p. A-6
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Southworth, Gary
Item ID
209AN
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Patricia Ann "Pann" Baltz, 44, of Camino Grove Elementary School, is sharing the Walt Disney Co. Outstanding Teacher of 1993 award after a ballot mix-up awarded it solely to a Texas teacher. She will receive a $25,000 honorarium, $25,000 for Camino Grove, and $10,000 for the school district.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper988
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 1993
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 1993
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Baltz, Patricia Ann
Item ID
988AN
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About 60 parents, teachers, and students staged an emotional show of solidarity for teacher Gary Southworth, who began a 1-year jail sentence in connection with a car crash that killed a 21 year old La Verne woman, on December 12, 1992. He pleaded guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter and 2 counts of felony drunk driving.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Southworth, Gary
Item ID
239AN
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Sandra Ragusa, Foothills Junior High music teacher, is also a talented flutist who toured in Italy last summer. She is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper152
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 1993
Pages
p. H-8 photo; Hometown section
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 1993
Pages
p. H-8 photo; Hometown section
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Ragusa, Sandra
Item ID
152AN
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Martin Plourde is the new principal of Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5293
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 1995
Pages
p. A3 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 1995
Pages
p. A3 photo
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Schools - Employees - Plourde, Martin
Item ID
5161AN
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Upland resident Rick Gomez, 41, has been appointed to the position of deputy City Manager and Development Services Director. Gomez has worked for 18 years in municipal government for Rancho Cucamonga, Lewis Homes of California and FORMA, a planning consulting firm.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4467
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
City Employees- Gomez, Rick
Item ID
4343AN
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Arcadia resident Barbara Kissell has a collection of over 200 "Wizard of Oz" collectibles.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1995
Pages
p. D1 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1995
Pages
p. D1 photo
Subjects
Kissell, Barbara
Item ID
5520AN
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William Kelly, with 22 years of city government experience in Burbank, Brea, Baldwin Park and San Bruno, has been hired as Arcadia's first community development director and assistant to the city manager. This new position replaces the planning director job that had been vacant for several months.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 1993
Pages
p. H-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 1993
Pages
p. H-3
Subjects
City Employees - Kelly, William
Item ID
526AN
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It has been a year-long struggle for the Serbian Orthodox Church of Christ the Savior to overcome the lingering effects of a 1996 New Year's Eve arson that all but destroyed their social hall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11754
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Churches - Serbian Orthodox Church of Christ the Savior
Item ID
11961AN
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Erica Beth Brynes, a senior at Arcadia High School, has been chosen to be the 76th Rose Queen at the 105th Rose Parade on January 1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9610
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 1993
Pages
p. A-3; photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 1993
Pages
p. A-3; photo
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Brynes, Erica Beth
Item ID
9565AN
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City Council will consider approving installation of lights at Foothills, First Avenue and Dana Middle schools. The issue has been very controversial.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 1998
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
City Council, 1990 - 1999
Item ID
16256AN
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William Kelly has been appointed Arcadia City Manager after holding the Acting City Manager position for 7 months following the resignation of Donald Duckworth. Kelly began working for the city as a community development director in November, 1993.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
City Employees - Kelly, William
Item ID
3969AN
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Christina Leanne Farrell, 17 year old Arcadia High School student, has been named the 81st Rose Queen.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 21, 1998
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 21, 1998
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Farrell, Christina Leanne
Item ID
16279AN
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Arcadia High School opened the school year with an added 800 9th grade students, bringing total enrollment to 3050. 50% of the students are new to the school.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 1994
Pages
p. H-2 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 1994
Pages
p. H-2 photo
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
4103AN
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The number of students expelled for misbehavior fell to a four-year low, dropping from 40 in 1993-94 to 14 in the school year ending in June.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
10173AN
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James Romo, an education attorney and school district volunteer, has been selected to fill the vacant seat on the Arcadia School board. He will replace Michael Lamb, who resigned from the board last month.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 9, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 9, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
School Board - Romo, James
Item ID
10633AN
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