A group of parents plans to ask the school board to cancel the performance of the play "Secrets" at Foothill Junior High since it addresses the issues of AIDS and birth control without, as they see it, meeting state education guidelines because it does not stress abstinence from intercourse as an alternative.
Climaxing a 16-month battle, the state Board of Education in Sacramento voted 9-0 to deny a petition by a group of Sierra Madre parents to have the city join the Arcadia Unified School District.
First Avenue Junior High was one of 3 area schools to receive the state Dept. of Education's Distinguished High School and Middle School Awards. Arcadia's Foothill Jr. High received the award in 1988. The other winners included San Marino High School and the L. A. County High School for the Arts at Cal State Los Angeles.
The Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education chose Karen M. Cline, assistant principal at Ramona Intermediate School in Bonita, to be the new principal for First Avenue Junior High School.
Arcadia High School senior Marc Shafer spent most of last month attending conferences across the nation as the recipient of two scholarships and a Boys' State appointment.
The Board of Education welcomed Beverly Rodriguez, assistant principal at Roosevelt Junior High School in Glendale, as the new principal for First Avenue School.
Backed by an appeals court decision allowing school districts to charge parents for student busing, the Arcadia school board decided Monday to reinstitute a fee-based transportation program for the coming year.
The Arcadia Rotary Club awarded grants totaling $4,990 to 17 teachers at the February 13 Arcadia Board of Education meeting. Grants ranging from $175 to $300 were given to individual teachers to help with special classroom projects. The teachers represented 5 of the 6 Arcadia elementary schools, all 3 junior high schools and both Arcadia and Huntington high schools.
Gerry Woods, who is in the process of recovering from an almost fatal gunshot wound to the head last year, went in a wheel chair to receive his certificate of graduation from Foothills Junior High School.
Leonard Rodriguez, executive vice principal at St. Francis School in La Canada-Flintridge, has been named Assistant Principal of First Avenue Junior High School.
Gerald A. Parker, last years's City Employee of the Year, has been appointed director of finance. Parker replaces Alan Murphy, who died earlier this month after a long battle with cancer.
23 Arcadia High School students capped third-place honors in the California State Finals of the National Bicentennial Competition. The students, in Ron Morris' advanced placement government class, last month won first place in the 22nd Congressional District contest, which included five local schools. Photo.
John Costanzo, 35, who teaches students with learning disabilities at Foothills Jr. High School, has been named the state's Teacher of the Year by the Learning Disabilities Association of California. Photo.
The City Council passed a resolution supporting the Arcadia Coalition for Education, a group of educators and community members demanding more state money for schools.
Following an unexpected influx of students in the first, fourth and sixth grades this year in the Arcadia Unified School District, some of the first grade students have been attending classes with kindergarteners, prompting about 65 Highland Oaks Elementary School parents to meet with district officials.
Following an unexpected influx of students in the first, fourth and sixth grades this year in the Arcadia Unified School District, some of the first grade students have been attending classes with kindergartners, prompting about 65 Highland Oaks Elementary School parents to meet with district officials.