The State Attorney in Palm Beach County announced Friday that charges against a group of former Palm Beach Central High School administrators were dismissed. Charges of failing to report child abuse against Darren Edgecomb, Scott Houchins, Nereyda Garcia, Daniel Snider and Priscilla Carter were dismissed on Friday. The state attorney office provided the following statement to WPBF 25 News: “Today the State Attorney’s Office informed the court that it would no longer continue with the prosecution of five Palm Beach County School Board employees on failure to report sexual abuse allegations involving a minor. While prosecutors had a good-faith basis to file the charges in July, recent developments and discoveries in the case significantly impacted our ability to successfully prosecute this case. First and foremost, the teen victim at the center of the charges is now unable to recall material aspects of the events at issue. Not only does this greatly reduce any reasonable likelihood of success, it would not be in the best interest of the child to be subjected to the rigors of cross-examination during five separate trials. It has also come to light that School Board reporting policy is conflicting, ambiguous and unclear regarding allegations of abuse involving only minors. Recently, prosecutors learned that an uncharged school district administrator knew about the incident and did not report it, and gave instructions to the school principal that did not include an order to report the suspected abuse. A School District police officer present for the victim’s statement also did not report it. It is apparent that School Board training has not sufficiently emphasized mandatory reporting requirements. It appears that not one person up and down the chain of command had knowledge of this law. Combined, these factors effectively remove the chance of a successful prosecution at trial. While we strongly believe that the rights of sexual abuse victims must be protected, the prosecutions in this matter must come to an end. The family of the victim has been consulted and agrees with our decision to end the prosecution.” Top headlines:Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25 Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.