The principal of Niagara Wheatfield High School has been placed on administrative leave.

Parents called on Michael Mann to resign during Wednesday’s school board meeting because of how the district handled a rape case involving two students.

The rapist was allowed to stay in school with his victim for months until the district found out he pleaded guilty.

That plea happened a few weeks ago, but the district says it only found out last Thursday.

The big question: were policies followed originally?

Previously, the district said they did not originally remove the rapist because the district cannot deny a student's right to an education. However, legally, according to attorney John Elmore, a school district has the moral obligation to protect their students.

“If that means bringing in a security guard, homeschool the student that they think is dangerous or putting him or her in a separate class, the district has to show that they've taken some measures,” explained Elmore, an attorney who’s not involved with this case.

To protest, more than 100 students walked out of school last week — and some were punished with in-school suspension.

At the school board meeting Wednesday, the superintendent said the students will not receive disciplinary action and shouldn't have been suspended in the first place.

The district says Mann is on leave pending the findings of an outside investigation.

Jeff White is serving as acting principal.

The superintendent released a statement Thursday afternoon, saying: