Vendors and 2000 people attended the Southern California Utility Association's Information Fair. Arcadia's water department employee, Richard Reeley, raced to see how quickly he could change a water meter. The Fair was held at the Irwindale Speedway.
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.
Survival-of-the fittest strategies have swept City Hall, where employees fearful of looming budget cuts are waging campaigns against their colleagues and other departments in an effort to protect their jobs.
Dennis Chuning has been selected by the Arcadia Board of Education as the district's new Assistant Superintendent of Business and Classified Personnel.
John Sinclair, Arcadia school's Associate Superintendent of Personnel Services and Staff Development, will be taking an early retirement baginning July 31.
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.
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.
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.
Superintendent of Schools, Stephen Goldstone said he is "very disappointed" that the Arcadia Teachers Association has rejected a district proposal to listen to a presentation on a new style of labor negotiations known as the "win-win system."
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.
William Woolard, 50, Arcadia Planning Director for 22 years, resigned at the recommendation of City Manager Don Duckworth and a 4-1 City Council vote, with Robert Harbicht opposed. Woolard was asked to leave because of departmental reorganization, Duckworth said.