Simpson County Schools has a gem in Tim Schlosser.

The superintendent will soon be inducted into the Jostens Renaissance Hall of Fame, the highest educational honor bestowed by the organization.

Jostens’ Renaissance program “is a framework for building a culture where teachers love their job and students thrive in school.”

It recognizes those achievements, and Schlosser has achieved those goals through his leadership role. He’s in elite company — he is the only Hall of Fame candidate inductee selected this year by the organization from across the United States and Canada.

Quite a superlative, and quite an injection of excellence for the once-struggling school system. According to Franklin-Simpson High School Principal Michael Wix, Schlosser is a leader, a motivator, a positive force for the community and someone who has earned the trust of his students.

“The school was a persistently low achieving school … when he became principal, and over the course of a few years, he really turned it around to one of the very top-performing schools in the state,” Wix said.

By many accounts, Schlosser was very intentional and focused on improvement, which suggests — based on results — that his hands-on approach and energy have made a major difference in education for Simpson County Schools.

It’s refreshing to hear of the excellence in education in southcentral Kentucky. This particular example stands out and is a testament to the impact those truly interested in the education of our youth earn their stripes as quality leaders.

“He is one of those people who is genuinely curious, he loves the kids, he loves his teachers and the staff members and he just has that ‘it’ factor,” said Jostens Renaissance Ambassador Phil Campbell, himself a Hall of Fame inductee from 2015. Campbell said he predicted some years ago that Schlosser would be inducted.

He will be inducted at the 31st annual Jostens Renaissance Global Conference in Orlando, Florida, in July.

“Honestly, I’m very humbled,” Schlosser told the Daily News. “I’m very excited for this, but I’m more excited for Simpson County Schools (and) Franklin-Simpson High School. There were a lot of people that helped do these things.”

We congratulate Schlosser and the school system for a job well done.