Whatever the reason for her death/suicide, I’m very sorry it happened.
Regarding bullying, these schools are supposed to have zero tolerance for bullies, but a year or two ago, I watched a documentary about an Irish girl in America, who was bullied so much that she took her own life.
After that I was curious, and I started researching suicides related to bullying. I pulled up so many it was quite eye opening. Some of the children that took their lives were as young as 10! Horrible thing for families to have to deal with.
> Regarding bullying, these schools are supposed to have zero tolerance for bullies… <
As I mentioned in my post #14, I know quite a bit about that. Yes, schools say they have zero tolerance for bullies.
But at least in the city schools where I worked, Job One was managing public relations. Everything else was secondary. So bullies were not expelled. And they were rarely suspended. Gotta keep those numbers down!
Better to send the bully right back to class.
I can’t tell you how many times as a teacher I experienced that. I’d break up a bullying incident. Then I’d write a report to the principal.
A day or two later I’d get a response: “Student was counseled.”
What does that mean? It means nothing was done.