(KNZA)--A new Jackson Heights Elementary School Principal has been hired.

The Holton Recorder reports the USD 335 Board of Education voted unanimously Monday evening to offer a 1 ½ year contract to Chris Appuhn.  He will begin work the second semester.

Appuhn, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, currently serves as a sixth-grade math teacher at Topeka's Landon Middle School where he has taught for five years.

He will replace current elementary school principal Annie Diederich , who is resigning at the end of the current semester. She has accepted a position with the Kansas Department of Education.

Diederich's additional duties as the district's athletic director will be covered by Middle and High School Principal Darren Shupe and elementary physical education teacher Samantha Carson.