BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- The Kern High School District Board of Trustees appointed Zach McNinch as the new principal of Shafter High School on Monday. Russell Shipley, the former principal, resigned in February. He began teaching at Shafter High in 1997 and became principal in 2014. Paul Helman , Director II in the Instruction Division, served [...] ...read more read less