Turlock High School students will welcome a new principal come fall, following the Turlock Unified School District Board of Trustees’ decision to appoint Gabe Ontiveros to replace current principal Marie Russell, who is slated to take on a new position aimed at improving communication among all stakeholders throughout the District. Russell was appointed the interim principal of Turlock High in January 2013 after former principal Dana Salles Trevethan, who is now the TUSD Superintendent, first moved over to the District Office as the interim Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services. Russell became the official principal that summer.