A hearing was held re the Arcadia Unified School District definition of segregation. The Board's criterion is that a school is segregated only when one minority group exceeds 50% of that school's enrollment.
Elaine Larkin, mother of 5 Arcadia High School graduates, was presented with a Golden Apple Award by the Arcadia School District. The award honors top supporters of local school districts.
There will be no summer school in the Arcadia Unified School District due to the passage of Proposition 13 limiting property taxes to 1 percent of the assessed valuation.
The Arcadia School Improvement Program, successor to the Early Childhood Education Program, was dropped by the Arcadia School Board by a vote of 3-1, with one abstention.
Interview with Suzanne Wallace, who operates the Turnquist Santa Anita Dog School. Good summary of the services that the school offers, hours of classes, etc.
The School Board will change the opening day of school so as not to conflict with Yom Kippur, a Jewish holiday. What the opening day will be has not yet been determined.
Bruce Polay has been named the new conductor of the Arcadia High School orchestra. The 28 year old teacher had been teaching at Long Beach High School.
With the musical production revived when an addition to the High School Little Theater was guaranteed, the High School will present "Fiddler on the Roof" May 3-6 at the San Gabriel Civic Auditorium.
Arcadia High School is the only school in the country to offer a class in race track management. Requirements to take the course are stiff. The aim of the class is to expose interested seniors to executive management techniques.
Gormac Polygraph School, located in Arcadia, has a reputation extending world wide. Article gives history of the school and its founder, G. Douglas Gurley, plus a description of the programs they offer.