Issues were redefined at a Camino Grove PTA forum by the four candidates for three positions on the Arcadia Board of Education. Candidates were Bob Kladifko, Mike Allison, Jim Bryant and Marilyn Perkins.
A second jury has recommended the death penalty for Prentice Juan Snow, convicted of killing Arcadian Alfred Koll, who operated Koll's Professional Pharmacy in Pasadena. Sentencing is expected on August 22.
The Arcadia City Council has authorized a project to build concrete sidewalks adjacent to Camino Grove, First Avenue, Hugo Reid Primary, Dana and Holly Avenue schools.
Arthur Tucker, former Arcadia school administrator, died September 15 after a long bout with cancer. Tucker served as Principal at Holly Avenue, Highland Oaks and Camino Grove Schools.
Results of the 1985-86 California Assessment Program show test scores that were "the highest since these current tests have been administered" in Arcadia's 3rd, 6th and 8th grades.
The C.I.A. (Citizens Infuriated With Arcadia) under the leadership of Ervin Nichols, is working to have the barriers removed that were erected at San Carlos road and Orange Grove Avenue in Arcadia.
Staff people from Sanitation District 15 attempted to explain the reasons for an $11 sewer assessment that will be tacked on to the property taxes next year. About 100 people attended the meeting at Camino Grove School.
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.
Arcadia police, working with other law enforcement agencies, uncovered a major auto theft ring operating in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. Two men were arrested and four cars were recovered from a warehouse in Arcadia.
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.
The Arcadia Unified School District again ranked among the top 10% of statewide districts in the latest California Assessment Program (CAP) results. CAP scores were based on tests given to 3rd and 6th grade students last May in math, reading, and writing as well as tests given to 8th-graders in reading, math, history and science.
Public hearings on 2 proposed amendments to the Arcadia municipal code, one that would limit the size of homes, and another that would reduce the density of apartment and condominium units, were continued by the Planning Commission to its November 24 meeting.