El Molino High School is a four-year comprehensive high school

High school

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 located at 7050 Covey Road in Forestville, California

Forestville, California

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El Molino High School serves the West Sonoma County Union High School District. Its enrollment during the 2007-08 school year was 937 students. Doria Trombetta is the principal, Barry Sovel is vice-principal, and Matt Transue is Dean of Students. Its campus occupies 41 acres (17 ha) of land.

Notable alumni

• Jason Lane
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   (Class of 1995), Major League Baseball
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   outfielder
• Arianne Phillips
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   (Class of 1980) Hollywood costume designer and Academy Award nominee for Walk the Line
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• Max Thieriot
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   (Class of 2006), actor

Awards

El Molino has been named a California Distinguished School

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 four times: in 1988, 1992, 2001, and 2009.

See also

• List of school districts in Sonoma County, California