(KNZA)--A longtime principal in the South Brown County Schools of USD 430 is retiring.

The USD 430 Board of Education, when they met last week, accepted the resignation of Horton Elementary School Principal Judy Dickman, with regrets.

The resignation is effective at the end of the current school year.

Dickman has served as principal since July 2011.

Superintendent Jason Cline thanked Dickman for her leadership and wished her well in retirement.

In other business, Curriculum Director Robyn Allen went over the math curriculum that the district would like to purchase for K-5 grades. The Board approved the purchase of the new curriculum for $54,032