Ex parte Decatur City Board of Education

WISE, Justice.

The Decatur City Board of Education ("the Board"), the defendant below,1 filed a petition for a writ of mandamus requesting that this Court order the Morgan Circuit Court to dissolve the preliminary injunction it entered on February 28, 2017, and to dismiss the petition upon which it was based. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

Facts and Procedural History

On or about March 22, 2016, Carrie Cabri Witt, a school employee, was arrested and charged with engaging in sex acts with students who were under the age of 19 years. At that time, she was also placed on paid…