Baldwin Stocker Elementary School opened its Baldwin Stocker Information Center, complete with 16 Apple 2e computers and a computer encyclopedia stored on a single laser disc. It will soon feature modems, fax machines and laser discs. Funding comes from the state and from local support groups such as the Arcadia Educational Foundation and the PTA. Photos.
Santa Anita Park will auction off 10 paintings by Sir Alfred J. Munnings worth an estimated $10 million. They will be sold by Sotheby's New York City auction house on Dec. 1, 1998.
Classroom of the future is in Arcadia. Arcadia Unified School District embraces AltSchool's "Personalized Learning" technology in an experimental lab that has flexible seating, desks and walls that can be written on, hanging chairs, an observation room, Google Jam Board, and other tools and techniques not typically used in other public schools.
The Arcadia Education foundation is gearing up for a massive fundraising drive designed to raise $2.5 million for computers and other new classroom technology over the next three years.
Arcadia Mayor's Breakfast / State of the City and Methodist Hospital update at Community Connections by Joan Schmidt. Mayor Peter Amundson was born and raised in Arcadia and spoke about what a great city it is to live, love, learn and leave a legacy. He spoke about the great Arcadia Public Library with its 42 high tech computers.
Thirty-seven portable classrooms-or nearly half the campus - are being used to house students at Arcadia High School while the school undergoes and $8.5 million renovation.
The Arcadia Board of Education passed a $32.5 million budget for 1993-4 with no cuts in classroom services. The budget included $22 million for staff salaries and $1.5 million for books and supplies.
Arcadia wine seller Rudy Kurniawan, 35, was arrested on suspicion of trying to sell $1.3 million worth of counterfeit wine and fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in loans.
Arcadia High School teacher Ron Morris has returned from a two-week trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he and 17 other American educators taught civic principles to a group of Bosnian teachers and professors.
Arcadia Alternative High School students, sponsored by the Arcadia Rotary Club, have sold $4000 worth of auto aid kits made by their student-owned company, Medi-Kit.
Arcadia Unified School District upgraded and improved four campuses over summer break, costing nearly $10 million. Funded under the district's $218 million Measure I Bond, the four schools that got updated classrooms and facilities are Arcadia High School, Camino Grove Elementary, Hugo Reid Elementary, and Highland Oaks Elementary schools.
Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) Deputy Superintendent Robert Leri has resigned. Arcadia High School Principal David Vannasdall will take on the additional role of Deputy Superintendent March 1 and leave his job as principal at end of school year to become Deputy Superintendent. Other personnel changes within the school district. AUSD is trying to cover a projected $7 million annual budget deficit with a proposed 5-year parcel tax. Arcadia Educational Foundation is doing its annual solicitation.