An area principal has been temporarily relieved of his duties while the school board completes an internal investigation, education officials said Wednesday.

Baldwin County Alternative School Principal Donald Lee Johnson, who has worked for the public school system since 1993, was put on paid administrative leave Oct. 20. Baldwin County schools spokesman Terry Wilhite said the district’s human resources department is conducting a “review of operations” and that Assistant Principal Pat Malisham will run the school in Johnson’s absence.

The Alternative School is in Fairhope and serves students who have posed behavioral problems or faced disciplinary action from the school system.

Principal put on administrative leave