Dr. David Cash comes to Claremont USD after serving as the assistant superintendent of Education and Assessment Services in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District, he has had teaching and administrative experience in all levels of education. After teaching at the high school and elementary levels in special education, Dr. Cash went on to be a superintendent of a small school district where he worked with the community to pass a bond measure and begin the planning for both modernization and new construction projects. In addition, he was a principal at the Elementary, Junior High and High School levels in Santa Barbara County. Dr. Cash’s accomplishments include achieving Distinguished School and National Blue Ribbon status at the schools that he has led as principal. He is a strong advocate for providing rich and varied experiences for students, working to build a new theater at his former high school, and being a Co-Principal Investigator of a National Science Foundation Math/Science partnership project.

Before entering the field of education, Dr. Cash was a partner in a law firm in Oregon and Washington. This experience has given him a unique perspective on the impact of thoughtful planning and decision-making.

Dr. Cash is a native of Long Beach, California, graduating from Long Beach Wilson High School. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of California and his Juris Doctorate at Willamette University. Dr. Cash earned a teaching credential, learning handicapped credential, resource specialist certificate, and administrative credential at the University of California. He is currently completing his Doctorate in Education at the University of Southern California. Dr. Cash resides in Claremont with his wife, Heather, his 14 year-old son, Woody, and his 2 year-old daughter, Isabel.