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Federal legislation aimed at bringing more teachers back in the classroom is providing Pasadena-area school districts with more than $12.3 million, according to the California Department of Education's preliminary figures. Many district officials are wary of immediately using the money to hire teachers, saying they will likely have to lay off the teachers next year. The money comes from President Obama's $26 billion Jobs Bill for teachers and other government jobs. A chart shows preliminary allocations to San Gabriel Valley school districts. Arcadia Unified School District is scheduled to receive $1,667,871.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32183
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
September 22, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
September 22, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Federal monies
Schools--budget
Item ID
32382AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Parents and children rallied at three Arcadia middle schools, in an effort to prevent the potential layoffs of 105 Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) teachers and staff, blamed on an anticipated budget shortfall of at least $2 million next school year. Since the campaign started in late January, Arcadia Educational Foundation (AEF) has raised about $225,000, which will be presented to the AUSD. That is enough to save 3 teachers' positions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32352
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Educational Foundation (AEF)
Arcadia Schools
Xu, Nancy
Item ID
32550AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District has faced the reality of mid-year school budget cuts for the past 3 years. To prepare for a possible fourth year of mid-year cuts, the AUSD school board is exploring the option of a parcel tax, an amount to raise hopefully a few million dollars that would help offset what the State is expected to take away. Arcadia School Board Vice President Joann Steinmeier and colleagues are investigating the need for a parcel tax and what form it might take to get passed at the March election.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32541
Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of the San Marino Tribune
Date
September 15, 2011
Pages
p. S1, S7
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Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of the San Marino Tribune
Date
September 15, 2011
Pages
p. S1, S7
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District--School Board
Budget
Parcel taxes
Steinmeier, Joann
Item ID
32739AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Individual students and the Arcadia Educational Foundation (AEF) raised about $840,000 for the Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) during its annual appeal last year, enabling the district to reinstate 12 teaching positions. Budget cuts from the state have created "serious challenges" for Arcadia schools over the past 4 years, said AUSD superintendent Joel Shawn.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32511
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
September 4, 2011
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
September 4, 2011
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Arcadia Educational Foundation (AEF)
Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD)
Shawn, Joel
Item ID
32710AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A parcel tax in Arcadia appears to pass. Voters appear to have narrowly approved a parcel tax measure that will raise $3.4 million for the Arcadia Unified School District each year for the next five years, according to preliminary results. If the outcome is finalized, property owners would pay $228 per parcel per year in an effort to stave off additional cuts in the classroom. Measure A, which required a two-thirds vote to pass, was approved by 67.61% of those who voted in the district's boundaries. The vote should be finalized tomorrow.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32889
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Arcadia Unified School District
Elections--Ballot measures--Measure A
Item ID
33086AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Seven area schools designated as "California Distinguished," including Camino Grove Elementary, Highland Oaks Elementary, and Longley Way Elementary from Arcadia Unified School District. The others are from Azusa Unified, San Gabriel Unified and Pasadena Unified school districts.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32929
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2012
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2012
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Awards, honors, recognition
Item ID
33126AN
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 test scores among highest in Southern California, according to new statewide test results released by California Department of Education. Arcadia scored 40% higher than the state average for math and 26% higher in English language arts/literacy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34657
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 1, 2016
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 1, 2016
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP)
Test Scores
Item ID
34849AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Hundreds of teachers across the San Gabriel Valley are facing layoffs again this summer and experts say cuts could be far more drastic if a solution to the state's budget problems is not reached. About 20,000 teachers in the state have been put on notice that they could be laid off if school districts do not receive the necessary state funding. Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) sent out notices to about 16% of its teachers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32369
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD)
California state budget
Education
Layoffs
Teachers
Item ID
32567AN
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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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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After bond refinance, Arcadia Unified School District doubles taxpayers savings to $80 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34881
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 18, 2017
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 18, 2017
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Bonds
Item ID
35071AN
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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Arcadia Unified School District Superintendent Dr. David Vannasdall gives a district update each month in this column. The district celebrated Arcadia Unified Teacher of the Year Jan Dickson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35510
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 2, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 2, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Dickson, Jan
Educators
Teachers
Vannasdall, David
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bradley Smith is Arcadia Unified School District's 2015-2016 Teacher of the Year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34325
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 17, 2015
Pages
p. 30
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 17, 2015
Pages
p. 30
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Awards
Smith, Bradley
Teachers
Item ID
34518AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's parcel tax, Measure A, is validated. It gives schools $17 million over the next 5 years. Residents, with a few exceptions (seniors and those who receive Social Security), will have to pay an additional $228/year to help offset the fiscal deficit the Arcadia Unified School District faces. This Measure A was on the March 13 ballot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32906
Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of San Marino Tribune
Date
March 29, 2012
Pages
p. S1, S3
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Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of San Marino Tribune
Date
March 29, 2012
Pages
p. S1, S3
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Arcadia Unified School District
Elections--Ballot measures--Measure A
Item ID
33103AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District upgraded and improved four campuses over summer break, costing nearly $10 million. Funded under the district's $218 million Measure I Bond, the four schools that got updated classrooms and facilities are Arcadia High School, Camino Grove Elementary, Hugo Reid Elementary, and Highland Oaks Elementary schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33598
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 7
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Bond measures
Construction
Item ID
33793AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia plans for the future. Arcadia City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto presented the City's Fiscal Year 2018-2019 budget. Fiscal year 2018-2019 budget maintains existing levels of public services, but the City can no longer guarantee that services will remain at current levels over the long term. Due to recent changes in state law and other fiscal constraints, the City's proposed budget has a structural deficit of nearly $13.1 million in expenditures in excess of revenues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35208
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2018
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2018
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
City of Arcadia Budget-Fiscal Year 2018-2019
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Item ID
35397AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District named to the 2018-2019 Educational Results Partnership Honor Roll for its high achievement in student success for the second consecutive year. Arcadia Unified School District is one of only 26 public school districts to receive this recognition.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35541
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 13, 2019
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 13, 2019
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Awards, honors, recognitions
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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