After a three-month search Weatherly Area School District has a new superintendent.

During Wednesday night’s caucus meeting the board voted unanimously to hire Teresa Young at an annual salary of $103,000 for her three years. She will also serve as Kindergarten through second grade principal.She is replacing Thomas McLaughlin who went to Palmerton to serve as human resources director.Young was among 11 applicants who applied for the position, according to board President Girard Fewins.“As a board we interviewed everyone and narrowed it down to three, we then had a second round of interviews and chose Teresa,” he said.“It was a tough decision, but I was very impressed. She comes from a district similar to ours,” Fewins said.Young has worked in the Harmony Area School District for 19 years before making the decision to move to three and a-half-hours north to Weatherly.“It’s a similar district and Weatherly has a lot of the same qualities. I did a lot of research and the district performs well academically and everyone speaks very highly of the area,” she said.Young has worked in the Harmony district’s administration for 13 years with her experience including elementary, middle and high school principal, federal programs coordinator, Keystones to Opportunity Project Director, special education coordinator, transportation director, curriculum coordinator and district grant writer.She will start April 15.