Laguna Blanca’s Board of Trustees has named Ron Cino its new head of school.
“After a thorough six-month search process, the Laguna Blanca Head of School Search Committee unanimously agreed that Ron Cino is an outstanding match for Laguna Blanca,” said Tom Tolle, Laguna Board chairman.
“We believe that Ron’s interactive, collaborative thinking around the art and science of teaching is wholly in keeping with Laguna’s high academic standards and community aspirations,” Tolle said. “We are thrilled that he will be joining our community on July 1, 2021.”
Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Cino majored in American Studies at Trinity College in Connecticut. He comes to Laguna with 10 years of head of school experience from Worcester Academy (WA), a co-educational independent school in grades six through 12 and postgraduates in Worcester, Massachusetts.
With 26 years of experience in both independent and higher education, Cino began his professional career as an admission counselor at St. Peter’s College in New Jersey before returning to his alma mater Trinity College, where he served as an admission associate for five years.
At Trinity, he led the athletic recruitment and student ambassador programs and worked with the multicultural recruitment team. He then became director of college counseling at WA. He served as director of Upper School at WA and associate head of school before becoming head of school for the past 10 years.
“I am honored to be Laguna Blanca’s next head of school,” Cino said. “The school is full of people with a deep and abiding commitment to its mission and core values. My future colleagues have great ideas about how to best serve our students through teaching, learning and innovation.
“I am looking forward to working collaboratively with one another — students, parents, colleagues, and the board — to synthesize these ideas into a cohesive plan for Laguna Blanca’s next chapter.”
Cino takes the helm at Laguna Blanca, following Rob Hereford, who has served as head of school the past seven years and will become head of school at Metairie Park Country Day School in New Orleans in July.
Laguna Blanca is a not-for-profit EK-12 co-educational, college preparatory day school. For more information, visit www.lagunablanca.org or contact 805.687.2461.