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District-wide test scores show Arcadia remains high in test results, though some Board of Education members are concerned about a drop in spelling scores for the 6th and 12th grades.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 16, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 16, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3107AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Results of reading, spelling, mathematics and written composition tests were released by the school district and as usual were above average.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 27, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 27, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3103AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Scholastic Aptitude Test scores show Arcadia students taking the test have scored above the national average for several years. The SAT, used by many colleges in admissions, is a measure of verbal and mathematical skills.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 11, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 11, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3108AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Results of state tests taken by 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 12th grade students in Arcadia and surrounding school districts.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 4, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 4, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3104AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Both the teachers and the Arcadia Board of Education ratified an existing contract, with some changes agreed upon by all involved. Salaries were excluded from discussion due to Prop. 13. The contract extends through June 30, 1980.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 10, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 10, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2726AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Noise report due soon from the State Department of Transportation Division of Highways.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 16, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 16, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Foothill Freeway - (210)

Item ID: 1625AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Parents with children in the EMR (Educable Mentally Retarded) program in the Arcadia schools have written letters to the state, county and local school officials outlining the difficulties EMR teachers are having controlling their students without help from aides (lost due to Prop. 13).

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 8, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 8, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools

Item ID: 2607AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Police Department is taking stringent steps to curb speeding. These include ticketing and monitoring.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2184AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

As far as the School District is concerned, the 39.99% reassessment of property due this November for Arcadia won't add much to school funds because when a district's own income goes up, state aid goes down.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 7, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 7, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3310AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Some teachers began picketing in front of the district offices. At issue were charges of stalling on negotiations and the 1% increase offer by the School Board which the teachers called "an insult." Superintendent Ed Ryan said that if the two unions had been able to get together on their demands the problem might have been resolved by now.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 10, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 10, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2720AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Results of state tests for students in grades 2, 3, 6 and 12 for Arcadia and neighboring communities.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 11, 1977

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 11, 1977

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3106AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Results of state tests for students in the 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 12th grades for Arcadia and 14 other area schools.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 25, 1976

Pages: p. A-4

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 25, 1976

Pages: p. A-4

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3105AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The state is now requiring cities to include a noise element in their planning. Arcadia has contracted with Olson Laboratories for $5150 to provide technical data which the city will use as a basis to form policy.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 9, 1974

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 9, 1974

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Noise

Item ID: 2019AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Three city-owned lots at 521 N. First Avenue, adjacent to the Foothill Freeway, were sold last week by the Arcadia City Council to the W. D. Wilson Co., which will construct a building on the site and move from its present location in South Pasadena. James J. Melas, president of the W. D. Wilson Co. and an Arcadia resident said his firm deals in sophisticated biomedical supplies and unusual alloys and fittings for medical instruments. Selling price was $41,500. The city originally purchased the lots from the state Department of Highways for $33,000.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Business and Industry; Melas, James J.; Real property; W. D. Wilson Company

Item ID: 32718AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Juvenile Diversion Program, a Federally funded group of which Arcadia is a part, seeks to divert students who have been in minor problems from the courts and sent them to counseling and treatment. The program has come in for heavy criticism recently due to high administrative costs.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 13, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 13, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Youth; San Gabriel Valley Juvenile Diversion Program

Item ID: 3512AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

First Stage Smog Alert policies in all Foothill area school districts will conform to recent recommendations from State and County Health and Air Pollution authorities.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 14, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 14, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Air Pollution

Item ID: 338AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Due to the increased property tax assessments throughout the State, the $1750 exemption will begin to disappear. This will hit lower income home owners hardest.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 27, 1975

Pages: p. A-4

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 27, 1975

Pages: p. A-4

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3303AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

There will be no summer school in the Arcadia Unified School District due to the passage of Proposition 13 limiting property taxes to 1 percent of the assessed valuation.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 18, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 18, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Summer School

Item ID: 3087AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Miles Perlis has resigned from the Planning Commission due to leaving the area.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 26, 1974

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 26, 1974

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Boards and Commissions

Item ID: 615AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council voted to cease city-sponsored athletics due to the rash of lawsuits brought against other agencies (city, county, and state) in cases of injuries.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 5, 1977

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 5, 1977

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: City Employees

Item ID: 1135AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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District-wide test scores show Arcadia remains high in test results, though some Board of Education members are concerned about a drop in spelling scores for the 6th and 12th grades.

Results of reading, spelling, mathematics and written composition tests were released by the school district and as usual were above average.

Scholastic Aptitude Test scores show Arcadia students taking the test have scored above the national average for several years. The SAT, used by many colleges in admissions, is a measure of verbal and mathematical skills.

Results of state tests taken by 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 12th grade students in Arcadia and surrounding school districts.

Both the teachers and the Arcadia Board of Education ratified an existing contract, with some changes agreed upon by all involved. Salaries were excluded from discussion due to Prop. 13. The contract extends through June 30, 1980.

Noise report due soon from the State Department of Transportation Division of Highways.

Parents with children in the EMR (Educable Mentally Retarded) program in the Arcadia schools have written letters to the state, county and local school officials outlining the difficulties EMR teachers are having controlling their students without help from aides (lost due to Prop. 13).

Arcadia Police Department is taking stringent steps to curb speeding. These include ticketing and monitoring.

As far as the School District is concerned, the 39.99% reassessment of property due this November for Arcadia won't add much to school funds because when a district's own income goes up, state aid goes down.

Results of state tests for students in grades 2, 3, 6 and 12 for Arcadia and neighboring communities.

Results of state tests for students in the 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 12th grades for Arcadia and 14 other area schools.

The state is now requiring cities to include a noise element in their planning. Arcadia has contracted with Olson Laboratories for $5150 to provide technical data which the city will use as a basis to form policy.

The Juvenile Diversion Program, a Federally funded group of which Arcadia is a part, seeks to divert students who have been in minor problems from the courts and sent them to counseling and treatment. The program has come in for heavy criticism recently due to high administrative costs.

First Stage Smog Alert policies in all Foothill area school districts will conform to recent recommendations from State and County Health and Air Pollution authorities.

Due to the increased property tax assessments throughout the State, the $1750 exemption will begin to disappear. This will hit lower income home owners hardest.

There will be no summer school in the Arcadia Unified School District due to the passage of Proposition 13 limiting property taxes to 1 percent of the assessed valuation.

Miles Perlis has resigned from the Planning Commission due to leaving the area.

The City Council voted to cease city-sponsored athletics due to the rash of lawsuits brought against other agencies (city, county, and state) in cases of injuries.