Carol Tempel
SC · Charleston County School District Board of Trustees, District 9
Charleston County School District board member for District 9 and a former educator and district administrator. Priorities include teacher pay, smaller class sizes and parent involvement.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 9 records
Abstained from the vote to appoint Garry Lesesne to the Education Foundation board. She said the foundation's bylaws were not clear enough.
March 6, 2026
Source: live5news.com
Nominated her own choice for the District 7 seat on the new school district Education Foundation board. The board voted only on another trustee's nominee and approved that person 5-4.
March 5, 2026
Source: abcnews4.com
Objected to a new student discipline appeal process. She asked the board to remove an extra appeal step through a district compliance office, saying it made appeals too long for families.
June 10, 2025
Source: live5news.com
Shared a lawyer's letter with reporters questioning whether Superintendent Huggins' contract was valid. The letter said the board never approved the final contract in a proper meeting.
February 12, 2024
Source: counton2.com
Spoke against giving the superintendent power to change the district's leadership chart before a contract was in place. The change passed 4-3.
February 5, 2024
Source: counton2.com
Voted against letting the district's lawyer negotiate a three-year contract with Acting Superintendent Anita Huggins. The motion passed 5-4.
January 22, 2024
Source: counton2.com
Joined three other trustees in calling the board majority's 5-4 decisions "unconscionable." Those votes put the superintendent on paid leave and removed health advisory committee members. The four asked for a repeal.
October 1, 2023
Source: counton2.com
Joined three other trustees in a public statement saying they were not told why a special meeting on the superintendent's contract was called.
September 9, 2023
Source: counton2.com
Voted to start contract talks with Dr. Eric Gallien to become Charleston County's school superintendent. The motion passed 6-2.
May 30, 2023
Source: counton2.com
Past race Carol Tempel ran in:
- Charleston County School Board of Trustees District 9 · November 3, 2026 · Charleston County School Board District 9 · incumbent