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May 18, 2021
SALISBURY, Md. – In Wicomico County, a former high school principal’s court case seems to have come to a close.
Amy Eskridge, former principal of James M. Bennett High School in Salisbury, was facing charges for allegedly failing to report abuse and neglect. The charges stemmed from the case involving Allen Mitchell, a former guidance counselor who pleaded guilty to sex abuse of a minor and child pornography.
Eskridge was supposed to begin a trial this week, but according to court documents, her case was placed on a stet docket. That means the case is now inactive.
In an e-mail, Wicomico States Attorney Jamie Dykes said quote, “after a review of the evidence and in consultation with witnesses, Ms. Eskridge’s matter was placed on an inactive docket.”
Kathy Yao from Dulaney High School in Timonium and Avinash J. Thakkar from McDonough School in Owings Mills, represent two of five students chosen in the state of Maryland to being named in the 57th class of the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona announced on Thursday.