Clinton Elementary School has a new principal.

Kelley Morrison was approved at a special meeting of the Clinton Board of Education Thursday inside a powerless Clinton Schools Unit Office. Morrison told the Board of Education Clinton offers a district-wide family feeling.

Morrison cannot wait to get started in Clinton and hit the ground running. She has held an assortment of roles in education and points out she actually started at ADM before moving into education.

Morrison was selected through an exhaustive search by the school district after Sacha Young resigned to take the Superintendent job at Central A&M Schools. 

Now the district and Morrison will begin the search for an assistant principal as the building found itself without an administrator late in the process. 

School Board President Dan Matthews told Morrison Thursday night in the Unit office Board room it was important for them to confirm Morrison's hire despite not having power in the building and the events of the day so they could get her acclimated with the district and not delay any longer the search for an assistant principal.