Jeremy Lowry
Introduction
Jeremy Lowry is the principal of Madison County High School in Alabama, a 16-year veteran of Madison County Schools who was named the county’s Principal of the Year in 2019, and who was fired for misconduct on the evening of October 20, 2026, by a unanimous vote of the Madison County Board of Education in a special session called to cancel his employment contract. Lowry denies wrongdoing and told the board he did nothing illegal; no criminal charges were filed against him.
Background Information
Lowry has served Madison County Schools for 16 years and led Madison County High School as its principal. His standing with the district had been under scrutiny since September 2026, when he was trespassed from the Holiday Inn on University Drive in the Huntsville area.
WAFF 48 obtained a police report laying out the incident behind the trespass: police were called to the hotel on suspicion of prostitution, and Lowry identified a woman in his room as his friend. The termination vote followed weeks of that report circulating among district officials and parents.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Fired for what the district called misconduct; no criminal charges were filed. Lowry denies any improper purpose. The accounts below are allegations and board findings, not adjudicated facts.
According to reporting on the termination, Lowry was found at a local motel with a woman during the school day; he and the woman were given trespass warnings, but prosecutors filed no charges. The school-board process, not a courtroom, produced the consequence: a unanimous vote to cancel his contract after roughly 45 minutes of executive session.
“The notice says I was found in a hotel room with a woman I am not related to,” Lowry said, reading from a prepared statement made available in video by Fox 54. “That is true, and I will not pretend otherwise. But I want this board to hear it from me: I did not go to that hotel for any improper purpose. I did not engage in any sexual conduct or anything illegal.” He said no immoral acts occurred and asked the board what policy he violated, while also apologizing for “how it looks,” according to Fox 54.
Public Reaction and Consequences
Dozens of concerned parents and supporters of Lowry attended the Tuesday-night meeting, and two board members recused themselves from the vote because of prior involvement with the matter. Board president David Vess said he had sat in on meetings and portions of the investigation and stepped back so “a decision of this weight must be made by members who were not part of the investigative process.”
District 3 member Brian Brooks said in his recusal statement that he had met with Lowry beforehand and told him plainly that he believed his retirement “would allow our community to move forward and not put a black eye on our school and community” — advice Brooks said he disclosed after Lowry raised the conversation with the superintendent, prompting the board attorney to advise him not to vote.
By noon the day after the vote, Lowry’s profile had been removed from the school website, where it had still appeared Tuesday evening.
Current Status
Lowry’s contract with Madison County Schools is cancelled and his profile is gone from the school’s site. No criminal case exists — the police report led to trespass warnings, not charges — so the firing itself is the final institutional word unless he contests it.
Whether Lowry appeals the termination, files a grievance over the process, or surfaces at another district remains unreported. The district has not publicly detailed which policy provision the misconduct finding rested on.
Impact on Their Career/Life
Sixteen years of service and a Principal of the Year award ended in a single unanimous board vote, with Lowry’s own account — present in the hotel room, denying any improper purpose — unable to move a single board member to vote against termination. Because no criminal charge was ever filed, the permanent public record of the episode is the termination itself and the police report beneath it, and an Alabama principal fired for misconduct faces a credential and reputation problem that follows him to any future education role.