High school principal resigns amid fallout over rape case

SANBORN, N.Y. (AP) — A high school principal has resigned amid fallout over the district’s handling of a rape case.
The Niagara Wheatfield Board of Education in western New York accepted Michael Mann’s resignation Wednesday night.
A student who was charged with raping a classmate remained in the same school as the victim for a week after his guilty plea in May.
He also had attended nearly his entire senior year and played on the lacrosse team while his criminal case was pending