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Reasoning: The board empowered the PPC to conduct an investigation of Rabon in<br />

accordance with O.C.G.A. § 20-2-940 (e). This same code clearly outlines that the board must<br />

only accept the facts identified from the investigation. The board is not bound to accept the<br />

disciplinary recommendations of the PPC investigative panel.<br />

Disposition: The judgment was affirmed.<br />

Citation: Alabama State Tenure Commission v. Phenix City Board of Education, 467 So.<br />

2d 263, (1985 Ala. Civ. App.).<br />

Key Facts: Charles Carlisle was principal of the Susie E. Allen Elementary School in<br />

Phenix City, Alabama. His two years of leadership were marked by staff in-fighting and overall<br />

workplace displeasure by his faculty and staff. These issues came to a head in 1984 when<br />

Carlisle insinuated to a male substitute teacher that a female teacher at the school was<br />

“interested” in him. Following the teacher’s complaint, the superintendent conducted an<br />

investigation at the board’s direction whereby he surveyed the faculty. The results were mixed<br />

with enough good and bad to not qualify for termination but reassignment was warranted in the<br />

eyes of the superintendent.<br />

In May of 1984, Carlisle, a tenured teacher, was officially notified by the superintendent<br />

that he intended to reassign him to the position of Assistant Coordinator of the Alternative<br />

Learning Center. Carlisle protested the reassignment, but the board approved the personnel<br />

move. Carlisle appealed to the Alabama State Tenure Commission. The Tenure Commission<br />

reversed the order of the board. The Phenix City Board then appealed to the circuit court for writ<br />

of mandamus. The writ was granted reversing the ruling of the Tenure Commission. Carlisle and<br />

the Tenure Commission appealed.<br />

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