The school board for Meadowview Christian Academy has selected a new headmaster for the school one month after the previous headmaster, Miriam Anderson, resigned.

President of the Meadowview board, Steve Johnson, said he would not immediately make information available as to the identity of the newly selected headmaster, but said those Meadowview parents and students are being notified of the news Wednesday in a letter. He said he wanted the Meadowview families to know first.

“The candidate we got is the best one to lead us into the future with the best chance for success and years down the road,” Johnson said, adding their selection for the headmaster was officially made last Thursday night.

Johnson said the four to five week processes for finding a headmaster after Anderson resigned in May went smoothly and they had formal interviews with three individuals out of six potential candidates. He said the candidate selected also has an advantage by being a Selma local.

“One thing we think that will be an advantage for us is that with the last two headmasters, they were both great people, but neither one of them lived in Selma,” Johnson said about the headmasters who commuted each day. “This individual does live in Selma. They have not necessarily worked in Selma for the last several years, but they still live in Selma — so that will be good to have someone here locally that knows the families and the families know them.”

He said he thinks the new headmaster will be positively received, especially after they get to know the families at Meadowview Christian School.