The City Council voted to allow Rodeffer Investments Inc. to fill a tapped-out quarry, 85 acres by 165 feet deep, with 10 million cubic yards of dirt, gravel and concrete. The plan still must get the approval of the state and local water quality boards, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the CA Integrated Waste Board and the County Health Dept.
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.
The Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education backed the idea of a resolution calling for an immediate halt to aerial spraying of malathion. The board's actions came less than a week after the Arcadia City Council unanimously passed a resolution asking for a halt to the spraying.
Climaxing a 16-month battle, the state Board of Education in Sacramento voted 9-0 to deny a petition by a group of Sierra Madre parents to have the city join the Arcadia Unified School District.
A 47-page pamphlet on teen-age topics such as substance abuse, adolescent suicide and gangs was mailed last month to every Arcadia parent. "The Small Book of Big Issues for Arcadia Parents" was spearheaded by Foothills Middle School parent Carol Eifert.
Incumbents Mary Dougherty, 57, and Joann Steinmeier, 47, beat out challenger Debbie Ewing, 29, for 2 Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education positions. A bond measure to raise funds to renovate AUSD facilities won by a vote of 71% to 28.3% (67% was needed to pass).
A request from a group of parents that the play "Secrets", dealing with AIDS and birth control, be cancelled at Foothills Junior High has been unanimously denied by the Arcadia Board of Education. Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente and performed throughout the state, the play was requested by parents at the junior high level after it was shown last year at Arcadia High School.
A committee to hear public comment on the possible demolition of First Avenue Jr. High School and the sale of other district property was created Monday by the Board of Education.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital (AMH) was awarded 3 year accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO). AMH scored 93 out of 100.
Campus safety and tight funding rank among the issues of greatest concern to the five candidates seeking three open seats on the Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education.
Former two-term Arcadia Board of Education member and longtime Arcadia resident Robert E. Kladifko was recently named California School Administrator of the year in the high school principal category by the Association of California School Administrators.