DPS appoints new principal for South Shores Elementary

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Decatur Public Schools announced a new principal for South Shores Elementary. 

The school will see Kristi Mullinix take over for Geneka Gully after a unanimous 6-0 vote, with one absent. Gully will become a "floating" or "substitute principal," officials said. 

Mullinix is moving to this role from the position of assistant principal at the Dennis Lab School Kaleidoscope campus. 

After being chosen, Mullinix thanked the board for "this awesome opportunity." She called the role a dream job after teaching there for 17 years and going to school there herself. 

Mullinix will make a salary of $101,473, school board documents said. Her contract will run to June 30, 2022.