The search for a new Lewisburg School principal is over and those making the choice didn’t have to go far to find the right man for the job. Randall E. Marcum, currently the assistant principal at Lewisburg, has been named principal of the north Logan school.

Lewisburg has been without a principal since November, when former principal Barrett Nelson resigned suddenly. Logan County Schools associate superintendent Janet Hurt has been serving as acting principal since then.

Superintendent Marshall Kemp said the search went well and he is pleased with the outcome.

Kemp explained that the Lewisburg School Site-Based Decision-Making Council set the criteria for choosing a new principal.

“There were 16 applicants,” Kemp said. “Nine passed the screening and there were two that really fit the criteria.”

“They had some good candidates,” he added.

Marcum has been assistant principal at Lewisburg since 2006. Before that, he was assistant superintendent of the Dorchester Public Schools in Maryland. He’s also served in Kentucky as the principal of Carroll County High School and was principal of New Castle Elementary School in Henry County. He began his career in education as a teacher and gifted coordinator in the Laurel County schools.

Marcum received his Bachelor of Science degree in special education K-12 and elementary education 1-8 from Cumberland College in Williamsburg. He received his Masters in special education from Cumberland College and his Rank I certification in elementary, middle and high school principalship and superintendence from Eastern Kentucky University.

Marcum is the father of two children – Miranda, a seventh grader at Lewisburg, and Brandon, a freshman at Logan County High School. He and his family live in Russellville.