The Arcadia City Council voted to authorize closure of California St. between Santa Anita and First Avenue so that the Arcadia School District can install temporary classrooms while First Avenue School is being rebuilt.
The Board of Education approved a joint powers agreement with the city regarding use of part of the First Avenue Junior High School site for recreational purposes.
The Board of Education has decided that the First Avenue Junior High School will be rebuilt following the present basic configuration. Article indicates possibilities for interior plans.
Firemen have decided that the Memorial Day fire at First Avenue Junior High School was definitely the work of arsonists. All of the other possible causes have been eliminated.
Two articles on the fire which damaged First Avenue Junior High School. The longer discusses the arson investigation, the second discusses the general fire investigation, seeking the beginning point for the fire.
The Arcadia Board of Education made firm its plans for the Junior High pupils. First Avenue 8th and 9th graders will attend classes on their own campus, while incoming 7th graders will be divided between Dana and Foothills junior high schools.
William Stewart, Postmaster since 1971 is retiring. He has been with the Post Office since 1941 and has lived in Arcadia since 1925. His father also served as Postmaster from 1940-1954.
Feeling that career counseling should start early, Foothills Junior High has started a program of extensive exposure to many different careers. Involved were many parents, who shared their backgrounds.
The Arcadia City Council voted to authorize closure of California St. between Santa Anita and First Avenues so that the Arcadia School District can install temporary classrooms while First Avenue School is being rebuilt.
The Arcadia Board of Education approved a joint powers agreement with the city regarding use of part of the First Avenue Junior High School site for recreational purposes.
Public hearings will be held in re proposed residential development north of Foothills Junior High School. The first hearing will discuss only the environmental impact report.
The first of several public hearings was held in re the Environmental Impact Report on proposed hillside development north of Foothills Junior High School. This represents one of the first tests of the city's new RM (Residential-Mountainous) zone.
For the first time Arcadia has a counselor, Eric Mordin, at the elementary level this year. At the present time he serves only Highland Oaks and Camino Grove schools.
Residents of a 23 acre triangle north of Jeffries and west of Mayflower still hope to become a part of Arcadia. Monrovia has protested the move, because they had thought it would include properties on only one side of Mayflower, only to discover that both sides were involved.