CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
November 1, 2009 | Nicole Santa Cruz
With each click of his mouse, Sam Picture wondered if John Muir High School was a good career move. Stories of high dropout rates, low test scores and violence popped on his screen when he researched the 55-acre campus in northwest Pasadena in January 2008. He didn't see it as a deterrent, but rather, a challenge. Picture, now the school's athletic director, is one of the many teachers, administrators and counselors hired to turn around the troubled high school, which since 2001 has cycled through five principals.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
November 16, 2006
Nov. 16, 1951: "An embarrassed Pasadena Board of City Directors ... decided that they have no moral right to display 'war loot' in the City Hall foyer," The Times reported. "So the Japanese temple bell which was brought to the Crown City aboard the USS Pasadena at the conclusion of World War II will somehow be returned to its rightful home." The city's decision was prompted by a letter from 1st Lt. David C.
NEWS
December 10, 1992
Pasadena City College is a step closer to acquiring property for a new skills center after a decision Tuesday by the Pasadena Board of Education to sell a former school site to a public entity, rather than seek the highest bid. The five member board's unanimous approval of the sale will allow school administrators to begin negotiating a price with the college for the property at 3081 Foothill Blvd.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
October 26, 1988
The South Pasadena Board of Education has approved a new contract with 158 teachers, giving the teachers a 10% wage increase beginning next month. In the action taken late Monday, the board also agreed to binding arbitration on disciplinary and policy matters, something a majority of the board had opposed last week, saying it threatened the panel's independence. Last Wednesday, the teachers staged the first strike in the district's 100-year history.
NEWS
May 27, 1993
The Pasadena Board of Education has endorsed a special library tax ballot measure calling on residents to guarantee funding for the city's libraries, which play an integral role in the lives of students. In its first regular meeting with newly elected member Lisa Fowler, the board voted unanimously to back the June ballot measure that city officials hope will raise $1.3 million to aid the cash-strapped Central Library and its eight branches.