A recording reportedly caught a Florida kindergarten teacher calling a 5-year-old student a “loser”—and now the boy’s mom is demanding answers. Speaking with the Miami Herald, Kandy Escotto said she noticed a change in her son, Aaron, last fall, which entailed him bringing home bad grades and dreading going to school. She recalled doing homework with …
A fifth-grader in New Hampshire appeared before her school board and provided officials with a first-hand account of the bullying she’s suffered before urging them to take action. During Timberlane Regional School Board meeting last week, Delanie Marcotte, a student at Pollard Elementary School in Plaistow, claimed her parents spoke with school administrators about the bullying but nothing …
A South Carolina mother is demanding answers after a teacher allegedly told her 8-year-old daughter to “commit suicide” after she complained of an earache. In a Facebook post, Shandi Wallace claimed a male teacher at Montessori School of Columbia had made the offensive comment after her daughter informed him that her ear was hurting and it …
A Texas man stood up at a Katy Independent School District board meeting during an open forums session on Monday to address current issues, and surprised the board by announcing his childhood tormenter was none other that the school district’s superintendent. “I started in 1975 with Mr. Lance, my legal name is Greg Gay,” Greg Barrett …
Police in Lakeland, Florida, arrested a high school student for a Snapchat video where he allegedly threatened to kill his “hick” classmates who bullied for painting his nails. According to WFTS, Jared Gleydura, 18, was arrested Thursday after someone tipped off police about the alleged video. Officers allegedly took the Lakeland High School student to an …
The parents of a 13-year-old California girl who committed suicide have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District, accusing officials not doing enough to squash the relentless bullying their child experienced. Redlands Daily Facts reported that at Monday’s news conference Rosalie Avila’s father, Freddie Avila-Olague, accused the district of not doing “justice” …
Investigators said a New Jersey girl who killed herself while on time out possibly read a story about 10-year-old Ashawnty Davis’ suicide on Facebook before taking her own life in a similar manner. WNBC reported that Essex County prosecutors are determining what caused Imani McCray, 8, to kill herself in her Valisburg home on Sunday afternoon. Authorities claimed …
An Iowa teen who recently beat cancer said her high school reprimanded her for wearing a hat. The Hawk Eye reported that Chloe Terpenning, 15, was diagnosed with stage II Hodgkin’s lymphoma in March and lost her hip-length hair shortly after undergoing chemotherapy. Now in remission, the West Burlington High School freshman claimed she had to …
The bullies allegedly responsible for the teen’s death posted on social media that her parents should “tuck her into” a grave
A 13-year-old California girl reportedly committed suicide last month after being mercilessly bullied for two years. Speaking with KNBC, Freddie Avila revealed that he found his daughter, Rosalie Avila, hanging in her room on November 28. The teen reportedly left behind a note where she called herself “ugly” and a “loser” and apologized for carrying out the …
A Virginia mother is facing felony charges for allegedly placing a recorder in her 9-year-old daughter’s backpack to capture bullying. Speaking with WAVY, Sarah Sims claimed that her daughter was being relentlessly tormented at Ocean View Elementary—and emails and phone calls about the issue were going unanswered. Fed up, the mother said she wanted to prove …
Three months after her 12-year-old daughter committed suicide, one New Jersey mother is sharing her story in hopes of sparing another family her grief. “I’ve chosen to speak out about this,” read a widely circulated Facebook post presumably written by Mallory Grossman’s mother. “And I need your help. We must manage, oversee, and parent our …
