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The former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School found grossly negligent in a lawsuit filed by Abby Zwerner, the teacher shot by a 6-year-old student, has had her criminal trial pushed out to May 2026.

Court officials confirmed the change in an email to WTKR News 3 on Wednesday afternoon. There will be a motions hearing on April 26, 2026 with the jury trial expected from May 18-21. Ebony Parker's trial was originally scheduled to begin Nov. 17, just 11 days after a jury issued its verdict in favor of Zwerner in civil court.

Parker was charged with eight counts of felony child neglect for her alleged inaction in preventing the first grade student from shooting Zwerner in a classroom. No stud

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