Janet Stephens, a special education instructional aide, has been honored by the Board of Education for her outstanding work with children who have learning disabilities.
Advocates of an ordinance advocating English as the official language for Arcadia squared off in heated debate with opponents before the Arcadia City Council.
The Arcadia City Council will review a study of a possible ordinance pertaining to commercial signs in foreign languages at its July 2 meeting. It has been suggested that foreign language signs be translated into English.
Dorothy Sherrell has been waitressing at the same Arcadia restaurant for 25 years. The restaurant has had four different owners during that time. At a surprise party in her honor, friends and customers gave her a paid vacation, her first in 20 years.
Wayne E. Fountain, physics teacher, was honored by the Board of Education as an excellent teacher. he has taught in Arcadia for 31 years. Biographical notes included.
Isabelle Stires is retiring after 19 years in the Arcadia Unified School District. This past year Mrs. Stires has been teaching second grade at Camino Grove School. Before that she taught second and third graded at Bonita Park School. She and her husband plan to travel.
The Chinese School in Arcadia, with about 85 children, is geared to teaching Chinese children about their cultural heritage, music history, language, customs and traditions. See hard copy in VF "Schools - Private."
Article reports on progress with two parcels involving a proposed Hometel 300-room hotel at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Huntington Drive and a proposed office building at the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and Fifth Avenue.
Incumbent Carol Papay plans to file for position on the Board of Education. Her thoughts on current problems and her reasons for seeking a second term are discussed.
Article reviews second public hearing on the possible closure of two elementary schools. The Board of Education hopes to make a final decision by their second meeting in January.
School district gets CAP test scores. Although Arcadia students remained comfortably above the 80th percentile in most categories in California Assessment Program test scores, the influx of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students into the district is having a definite impact. In 1976, there were 63 limited or non-English speaking students in Arcadia school district. As of October 1 this year, 539 students are in the LEP program. 78% of LEP students are Asian; 14 % are Spanish, 2 % European, with the remainder from other cultures. Fifteen languages are represented. See hard copy in Box 51.
Students at First Avenue Junior High raised $579 for a weekend telethon aimed at providing funds for the medical treatment of children whose families cannot afford hospital care.
A proposed ordinance regulating foreign languages and English on business signs in Arcadia will not only require that English be included-it also will require English cover the largest part of the sign.
In Arcadia, a total of 772 19 and 20-year-olds had registered at the city's two post offices by the end of the second week of registration for selective service.
Tere Akune, the undercover police officer whose work led to the arrests for drug dealing at the high school, was on loan to Arcadia from another city in Los Angeles County. Her background and her work with this assignment are discussed.
Plans for a series of office buildings and a high-rise hotel in the Arcadia redevelopment area require general plan and zone changes. The first move is an environmental impact report for the area bounded by the 210 Freeway on the north, the railroad tracks on the south, Fifth Avenue on the east and Second Avenue on the west.