(KLZA)--The Johnson County Central School Board has hired an interim superintendent to serve for the next year.

A contract has been approved with Dr. Galen Boldt to serve through June 30, 2019.    Boldt will be paid $140,500.

Boldt is a Sterling native and started his career in education at a teacher at Sterling, later serving as principal and then moving  on as an administrator in the Tecumseh School District and served as Superintendent at Norris and later Wahoo before retiring from full-time duties following the 2015-16 school year.