The Chaffey Joint Union High School District Board Of Trustees has voted to fill out its ranks with the appointment of Donald English as its Area 4 member.
English replaces Dionne N. Berwick, who resigned October 1.
English was sworn in on December 14, after he accepted the appointment. He will remain as the Area 4 representative for the remainder of Berwick’s term, which ends in December 2022. To stay in the post beyond that, he must stand for, and win, reelection in November 2022.
Area 4 consists of Rancho Cucamonga. The Chaffey Joint Union High School District is the second largest high school district in California, covering the entirety of Ontario, Montclair and Rancho Cucamonga, and extends into portions of Fontana, Upland, Chino and Mount Baldy.
Its schools include Alta Loma High School in Alta Loma/Rancho Cucamonga, Chaffey Adult School in Ontario, Chaffey District Online High School run out of Ontario, Chaffey High School in Ontario, Colony High School in Ontario, Community Day School in Ontario, Etiwanda High School in Etiwanda/Rancho Cucamonga, Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, Montclair High School in Montclair, Ontario High School in Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga High School in Etiwanda/Rancho Cucamonga and Valley View Continuation High School in Ontario.
English, now 53, is director of San Bernardino County Schools’ Children Deserve Success program, as well as the executive director of the San Bernardino County Gangs and Drugs Task Force. He is listed as a teacher on assignment with the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools. He has 28 years experience as a professional educator.
He attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he was a member of the football team.
English earned a master’s degree in educational administration from Cal State San Bernardino and is pursuing a doctorate in education from the University of Southern California, according to the district.
His oldest son is a student at Colony High School.