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Steven D. Herrington,Ph.D.

Biography
Windsor Unified School District Superintendent

Steven D. Herrington has served as the Superintendent of the Windsor Unified School District since July 2004. He is an active member of the Windsor community, and currently serves on the Sonoma County Education Coalition, and is a member of the Sonoma County Superintendent's legislative delegation to Sacramento.

A native of Southern California, Dr. Herrington has been involved in education for over 32 years - 21 of those years he has been a school superintendent. He is a graduate of Whittier College, California State University at Sacramento and James Madison University. Before accepting his current position, Dr. Herrington's teaching and administrative duties had taken him from districts in Southern California to South Lake Tahoe, the Sierra foothills, Monterey Bay, and now to the Northern California's wine country.

Throughout his educational career, Superintendent Herrington has initiated many innovative and successful programs that have received regional, state, and national recognition. Among these recognitions, four school sites (two elementary, one middle, and one high school) have received the state's prestigious "Distinguished School Award," and five District programs received California Golden Bells by the California School Boards’ Association. Dr. Herrington is the personal recipient of various educational awards pertaining to leadership and service through civic and educational organizations. Among these awards, Dr. Herrington has received the National School Boards Association MAGNA Award for innovative programs, and the National Association for the Education of Young Children's "Hall of Fame Award" for ... "making a difference in the lives of children and their families." Over the past two years under his leadership, Windsor has opened its new Vasconi Agricultural Arts Center, the Windsor Community State Preschool, and a California School Age Family Center.

Dr. Herrington is married with two children. His wife is a homemaker and former editor for Walt Disney Productions. His daughter is a graduate from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a Masters degree in education and is teaching high school English. His son is a graduate from San Jose State University with a degree in Accounting/Business Management.

September 2007

For the 2008-2009 school year, as a budgetary saving measure, Superintendent Herrington will serve as the Human Resources Administrator.

Sheryl Feldman

Administrator's Secretary
707.837.7701

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