(KNZA)--A new Royal Valley Middle School principal has been hired.

The Holton Recorder reports the USD 337 Board of Education during a special meeting April 13th approved a contract with Heather Hundley for the 2018-19 school year.

Hundley is currently the assistant principal and curriculum director at Holton Elementary School.

She will replace John Linn who is resigning at the end of the current school year after serving as principal at the Royal Valley Middle School for the past five years.