At a noon special meeting on Wednesday in the Roseau School Boardroom, Tom Jerome was approved by the Roseau School Board as the successor to Larry Guggisberg, the long-serving Roseau School Superintendent.

Mr. Jerome, who had served as the RHS Assistant Principal from 2001 to 2010 before accepting the superintendent positions with the Greenbush/Middle River School District and the Badger School District, was the administrator the board felt they must hire.

In his opening remarks on Wednesday, Pete Kvien, the board chair, said that he and Mr. Jerome agreed on a three-year contract with a...