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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 Superintendent Joel Shawn will retire this year. He has been with the district since 2005.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33788
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2014
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2014
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District--employees
Educators
Shawn, Joel
Item ID
33983AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Fire Chief Jerry Gardner is retiring after 31 years with the Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6245
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 1996
Pages
p. A1 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 1996
Pages
p. A1 photo
Subjects
Fire Department
Gardner, Jerry
Item ID
6070AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A report on fiscal year spending at area school districts shows South Pasadena Unified and La Canada Unified spend the smallest proportion of their general fund budgets on central administrative costs. Arcadia Unified and Temple City Unified spend the largest percentage of their budgets on teacher salaries.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29746
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
School districts
Budgets
Schools - San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
29931AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Former assistant principal of Arcadia High School Deborah Baroi, 54, will sue the Arcadia Unified School District for $1.25 million in compensation, alleging she was not hired for the principal's position because of age and gender discrimination.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29828
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2005
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2005
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Baroi, Deborah
Lawsuits
Arcadia Unified School District
Item ID
30013AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Sue Wallace, 76, has trained dogs at the Arcadia County Park for the past 40 years. She is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper203
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 1993
Pages
p. 10 photo; Highlander section
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 1993
Pages
p. 10 photo; Highlander section
Subjects
Turnquist Santa Anita Dog School
Wallace, Sue
Item ID
203AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Sandy Burch, 5th grade teacher at Longley Way School, is Arcadia Unified School District's Teacher of the Year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16231
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 1999
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 1999
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Burch, Sandy
Item ID
17035AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District's vehicle policy is coming under fire after a city owned car was totaled in a crash while being used for a personal vacation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22783
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Auto accidents
Item ID
22992AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Unified School District's second annual Robotics Expo involved students with the district's pilot robotics classes. Next year all schools will teach about robotics.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25637
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 9, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 9, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Robotics Expo
Item ID
25837AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mary Dougherty, 57, an 8 year veteran of the Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education, seeks re-election. She is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper235
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
School Board - Elections
Dougherty, Mary
Item ID
235AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Online post on alleged bullying creates stir. Arcadia Unified School District says accounts contain inaccuracies. Parents Eli Tsou and Jenny Yang of seven-year-old Jeremy Tsou, who fractured his skull, say Arcadia Unified School District is not doing enough about bullying.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34355
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Bullying
Tsou, Eli
Tsou, Jeremy
Yang, Jenny
Item ID
34548AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District superintendent David Vannasdall will be paid $205,000 annually, agreed to for a 3-year contract. Vannasdall, 45, was named the district's new chief after Joel Shawn retired. Vannasdall had been deputy superintendent and previously principal of Arcadia High School from 2005 through 2012. His car allowance is $850/month, $150/month for expenses, and a $1,000 annual salary increase if he completes his doctorate degree.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33892
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2014
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2014
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District employees--superintendents
Vannasdall, David
Item ID
34086AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30888
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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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
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Arcadia Unified School District's superintendent Joel Shawn writes a column bragging about the many notable accomplishments and achievements of Arcadia High School students during the 2009-2010 school year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32072
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2010
Pages
p. A14
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2010
Pages
p. A14
Subjects
Academic competitions
Arcadia Unified School District--Arcadia High School
Educators
Shawn, Joel
Item ID
32269AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Eight school districts in the West San Gabriel Valley, including Arcadia Unified School District, showed year-to-year increases in Academic Performance Index (API) scores. The API measures student proficiency in English and math.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32061
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 14, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 14, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Academic Performance Index (API)
Arcadia Schools
Test Scores
Item ID
32258AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The state's budget crisis could mean that Arcadia Unified School District will suffer a shortfall of an estimated $2.3 million in the 2008-2009 fiscal year. Figures for other local school districts are included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30947
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
California state budget
Item ID
31142AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Michael Lamb is leaving the Arcadia Unified School District Board to focus on teaching.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10385
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
School Board - Lamb, Michael
Item ID
10333AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District releases records of two teacher misconduct investigations that resulted in dismissals. The first was 48-year-old Robert Harbicht, a substitute teacher who was found drunk at work. The second was Phillip Sutliff, dismissed from the district in 2007 and sentenced to 12 years in state prison for sexual misconduct (rape) with a girl at Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32885
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Harbicht, Robert
Sutliff, Phillip
Teachers--misconduct
Item ID
33082AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mimi Burgdorf-Hennessy, Deputy Superintendent of the Arcadia Unified School District, was selected as the district's next Superintendent.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16486
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 1999
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 1999
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Bergdorf-Hennessy, Mimi
Item ID
17263AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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