New school administrator takes long road to La Conner
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July 11, 2018
KEY MOMENT – The well-traveled Herrera family gathered in the key at Landy James Gymnasium during a break in a recent Lady Braves summer workout. From left to right are: Alex, 26, who plays basketball professionally in Germany; Kathy, the new La Conner Middle & High Schools Assistant Principal and Athletic Director; Makayla, an incoming eighth grader; Chris, a State champion hoopster at his alma mater Ignacio High in Colorado; and Morgan, coming off a solid sophomore campaign with the Ignacio Lady Bobcats. – Photo courtesy of Bill Reynolds
b here last week more than a thousand miles from where she had worked since 2005.
She already feels right at home.
Formerly a teacher, coach and administrator in southwest Colorado, Herrera launched a new career July 2 as assistant principal and athletic director at La Conner Middle and High Schools.
She hails from Ignacio, near the famed Four Corners, and where the Southern Ute Tribal Council offices are located.
“Ignacio could be a sister city to La Conner,” she says. “This is a perfect fit for us.”
It helps that she and husband Chris lived in the Pacific Northwest when he served in the Navy...
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