John Sinclair is the newly appointed assistant superintendent of elementary education and personnel for Arcadia schools. Sinclair has been involved in education for 27 years.
The Arcadia Board of Education has appointed Mildred Burgdorf- Hennessy to replace retrying John Sinclair as Assistant
Superintendent of Personnel and Staff Development for the district.
Peter Kinnahan, former redevelopment project manager for the City of Carson, has been appointed assistant city manager for economic development in Arcadia by City Manager George Watts. Kinnahan succeeds Jay Corey.
George Watts has been appointed acting city manager until the City Council names someone to replace Lyle Alberg who recently resigned. Watts, the city's assistant city manager, has served as acting city manager before. This time he has applied for the position.
John Sinclair, Arcadia school's Associate Superintendent of Personnel Services and Staff Development, will be taking an early retirement baginning July 31.
Contract negotiations with employees in Arcadia Unified School District are moving slowly or not at all, according to John Sinclair, associate superintendent. District has applied for impasse status, which would mean appointment of a mediator.
Elbert E. Souders, associate superintendent of schools, has been appointed interim superintendent by the Board of Education. In accepting the two-year appointment, Souders will be replacing Edward V. Ryan who resigned to accept a position at USC.
Contract negotiations between Arcadia Teachers Association and school district remain at standstill, according to John Sinclair, Associate superintendent.
Contract negotiations between the Arcadia Teachers Association and the school district remain at a standstill, according to John Sinclair, associate superintendent.
Dennis Chuning has been selected by the Arcadia Board of Education as the district's new Assistant Superintendent of Business and Classified Personnel.
Impasse still exists between Arcadia Teachers Association and the school district following one session with a mediator appointed by the Public Employment Relations Board.
New school principals have been appointed by the Arcadia Unified School District. Susan MacNab will succeed Paul Mundy at Hugo Reid; William Robertson will succeed Charles Jarboe at Camino Grove; John Bogut at Arcadia Continuation succeeding John Simmons; Mark Vetter, English teacher at Arcadia High School, has been appointed assistant principal, Curriculum and Guidance at the high school.
Jean Voznick, president of the Arcadia Teachers Association, presented the teachers' case to the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce. Some of her statements were later rebutted by Superintendent Ed Ryan.