CHIMACUM — Rex Whipple, the Chimacum High School principal facing an August trial in Superior Court on allegations he secretly shot videos of a 15-year-old girl in various states of undress, has submitted his resignation.

Chimacum School District Superintendent Mike Blair — who was unavailable for comment Monday — sent a letter to parents, informing them that Whipple’s resignation becomes effective at the end of the school year.

“I have accepted his resignation and the board will take official action at the next regularly scheduled board meeting,” Blair’s Friday letter said.

Whipple, 46, who has been on paid administrative leave since March 13, is paid about $80,000 a year.

If the School Board accepts his resignation with pay, it will mean he’ll be paid more than $20,000 for the period between his March arrest and the end of the school year.