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New Berney and Green Park Elementary Principals Named

New Berney and Green Park Elementary Principals Named

THURSDAY, APRIL 25: Walla Walla Public Schools Board of Directors during a special board meeting today approved the hiring of Christy Krutulis as principal of Berney Elementary and Gina Yonts as principal of Green Park Elementary.

Krutulis will succeed current Berney Principal Donna Painter who is retiring from the district at the end of the school year. Yonts will succeed current Green Park Principal Mike Lambert who is retiring from the district at the end of the school year. Krutulis and Yonts will assume their new duties July 1, 2013. They were selected from a vast pool of qualified principal candidates through a rigorous interview and selection process.

Christy Krutulis
Krutulis, a Whitman College graduate, is currently the principal of Clyde Hill Elementary in Bellevue, WA. She served as principal at Stevenson Elementary in Bellevue from 2007 to 2011. Her educational experience also includes one year as a Literacy Facilitator at Lake Hills Elementary in Bellevue and 12 years as an elementary classroom teacher.

Krutulis received a Bachelors of Arts in History from Whitman College and her Master's of Arts in Teaching from the University of Puget Sound. She earned her Principal Certificate from the University of Washington and is a National Board Certified teacher.

Gina Yonts
Yonts has served as the principal of Garrison Middle School in Walla Walla for the past six years. She was Assistant Principal at Garrison Middle School for four years prior to her principal assignment. She spent three years as the Walla Walla Public Schools Truancy Coordinator and 12 years as a classroom teacher at Berney Elementary School in Walla Walla.

Yonts received her undergraduate degree in elementary education from Central Washington University and a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Northwest Nazarene College. She received her Administrative Credential from WSU - Tri-Cities. Yonts is a regional representative of the Association of Washington Middle Level Principals and a board member for the Community Center for Youth in Walla Walla.

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