(KNZA)--The search has begun for a new Jackson Heights Elementary School principal.

The USD 335 Board of Education accepted the resignation of Elementary School Principal Daniel Pray when they meet this week.

Pray has been hired as the new principal at Lee Elementary School in the Manhattan-Ogden school district.

He has served as elementary principal at Jackson Heights since August 2022.

Before joining Jackson Heights, Lee previously worked in the Manhattan-Ogden district as the multi-tiered system of supports coordinator at Anthony Middle School.

He will begin his new job in Manhattan next month.