Newark High School's principal is stepping down. 

Superintendent Matt Cook says he accepted Tom Roote's resignation at a school board meeting Wednesday night. 

Cook says Roote cited personal reasons for his departure but the district has been under recent scrutiny since a former teacher was arrested on child pornography charges out of Virginia for receiving nude pictures from a minor. 

Prosecutors say Matthew Holland, 28, also operated Illumination Images photo studio in Newark where he admitted to secretly filming minors while they were getting dressed. Holland only recently resigned from Newark High School. 

The school issued a statement saying:

"As the transition to mobile devices has been rapidly occurring over the past five years, progressive EHR vendors have responded with clear plans and successful products to help expand the user experience. With more than half of physicians currently using a mobile device in their medical practices, these EHR vendors are allowing providers to choose which platform best fits in to their workflow in multiple healthcare delivery settings including highly usable mobile products."

— Matt Cook, Superintendent, Newark Central School District