After numerous of years of teaching at Colton High School, art teacher  David Salas has finally decided to throw in the towel. Salas not only taught 23 of his 40 years at Colton, but is also a Colton High graduate himself. Salas plans to retire but doesn’t plan to stop doing what he loves most. With art being his passion he plans to work on a bit of his own work he left behind in his past.

Salas has been an active member of the baseball program, spending time as the varsity assistant pitching coach and as head coach of the JV team. Not to mention that one of the players he coached on the JV baseball team was a member of our security staff, Art Ortiz.  Salas also spent time aboard the basketball and football coaching staffs. Salas mentioned having coached Chad Bishop who returned to Colton High as a PE teacher and became a baseball coach himself.

“I’m going to miss the interaction I have with students and overall teaching them and watching them succeed.” Salas explains what he’ll miss after retirement. But on the bright side, he remarks that he’ll finally relax and enjoy the fact of not being regulated by time. “You make your own time.”