The Tahoma School District announced late Tuesday afternoon that Rob Morrow, current principal at Tahoma Junior High, will replace Superintendent Mike Maryanski when he retires in June 2014.

Morrow will begin transitioning to the superintendent position during the 2013-14 school year. The announcement was made to administrators and teachers at the end of the district’s annual leadership retreat Tuesday afternoon.

Tim Adam, the Tahoma School Board president, made the announcement and said that board and district staff are committed to continuing Tahoma’s direction and mission.

Morrow, 55, agreed to a three year contract adn will continue as junior high principal for the upcoming school year, which starts Sept. 4.

“There are a lot of challenges over the next three or four years, challenges that really energize me for the job,” Morrow said in a statement released by the district.

According to the statement, those challenges include the passage of the construction bond on the Nov.  5 ballot, eliminating overcrowding in the district, implementation of the new teacher-principal evaluation system, and maintaining on the district’s Classroom 10 learning philosophy.

Morrow began at Tahoma as a substitute teacher and coach at Tahoma High School in 1981. He later became an assistant principal at Tahoma High School and accepted the position of principal at Tahoma Junior High in 1999.

Morrow was the only candidate interviewed by the board, whose members decided to forego a public search.

“With all the potential change coming to the dsitrict, we wanted someone already familiar with all of the issues,” Adam said. “As a board, we felt that stability during this key time period of Tahoma’s history was important in order to keep moving forward with the momentum we have already achieved.”

Adam went on to say that the board is confident Morrow will be able to lead the district in the years to come.

Maryanski, 65, served as Tahoma’s superintendent since 1993 and has been with the district since 1970.