At its April 22 meeting, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees voted 6-0 to approve Superintendent Bruce Gearing’s recommendation of Melinda Gardner as the next principal of Walnut Springs Elementary.

Gardner has spent her entire career in Bastrop ISD and currently is the principal of Lost Pines Elementary in Bastrop ISD, a position she has held since the summer 2015. She previously spent three years as the assistant principal at that school. Gardner started her career as a kindergarte...