The new superintendent of Bowling Green schools is a familiar face.

J.W. Brandt will take over from Darin Powell on July 1st. Brandt is Bowling Green High School principal but was set to resign and take a job in Shelby County.

The Bowling Green School Board offered the superintendent’s position and Brandt took it. He was one of almost 20 finalists.

Powell is leaving to become assistant superintendent in Hannibal, where he went to school and started his instructional and administrative career.