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‘They failed Adriana:' Family of NJ teen who died by suicide after viral school fight video sues
The family of a 14-year-old girl who died by suicide last year after video of other students viciously attacking her in a high school hallway was posted to social media is filing a civil lawsuit alleging school administrators knew a “culture of violence” existed at Central Regional High School and failed to protect the teenager from its clutches. Adriana Kuch,…
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New Jersey has a big bullying problem, study reveals
New Jersey has a big bullying problem, a recent study conducted by WalletHub reveals. Just how big is New Jersey’s problem? Well, according to WalletHub it ranks in the top 5 states with the biggest bullying problem. The Garden State ranked at No. 4 out of 48 states, including the District of Columbia. (According to the study, due to data…
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Months After Teen's Suicide, New Lawsuit Alleges NJ District Ignored Bullying Claims
A New Jersey school district is facing another lawsuit of allegedly failing to investigate harassment and bullying, which comes just months after a 14-year-old student took her own life days after being tormented on social media and video showed her getting attacked by classmates in a school hallway.
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NJ School District Braces for Public Outrage Over Adriana Kuch Video at Board Meeting Tonight
Hundreds are expected to flood a New Jersey high school auditorium Thursday night for a Board of Education meeting that many hope will be a springboard for improved communication, compassion and coordination around school anti-bullying efforts after a 14-year-old freshman died by suicide two days after she was humiliated on social media. Central Regional High School in Bayville moved its…
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Parents Rally Against Bullying, Demand Changes After Hallway Attack Leads to NJ Teen's Suicide
More than a dozen bikers added their support Wednesday to the anti-bullying campaign at Central Regional High School in Berkeley Township, New Jersey. “She matters! She matters!” chanted the protestors as vehicles passing by honked their horns. A dozen parents were out in front of the school rallying for a change in policy after 14-year-old Adriana Kuch took her own…
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New Claims of Bullying At NJ School Where Attack Caught on Video Led to Teen's Suicide
There are new allegations of bullying at a New Jersey high school surfacing less than two weeks after video was shared on social media showing students engaged in a hallway attack on a 14-year-old girl — who later took her own life.
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Superintendent Resigns Amid NJ District Fallout Over Handling of Hallway Attack, Student Death
Four students have been charged in connection with an attack inside a New Jersey high school hallway that took place just days before the victim in that incident, a 14-year-old girl, took her own life.
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It Lasted Just 50 Seconds. And Her Dad Says It Was Enough to Make Her Take Her Life
The family of a 14-year-old girl who died by suicide last year after video of other students viciously attacking her in a school hallway was posted to social media, Silence from local prosecutors in one New Jersey county remained deafening for one family, and many supporters, Friday, as they awaited news on whether criminal charges would be filed against students…
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4 Girls Suspended Over NJ School Hallway Attack Video After Freshman Dies by Suicide
Four students involved in a school hallway attack on a 14-year-old New Jersey high school freshman who took her own life 48 hours after video of the bullying surfaced online have been suspended indefinitely, the district superintendent confirmed Thursday — though there was still no update from the prosecutor’s office on possible criminal charges. Michael Kuch, father of Adriana Olivia…
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California Fast Food Worker Loses Eye Protecting Special Needs Boy From Bully
A fast food worker said she is going to lose an eye after she was attacked in Antioch.
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Victim Speaks After Bruins' Botched Signing of His High School Bully: ‘I Can't Take More'
Days after the Boston Bruins signed a prospective player who’d been convicted of bullying as a teenager, then dropped him amid intense backlash, the person who was bullied has released a statement. In it, Isaiah Meyer-Crothers insists he’s not friends with defenseman Mitchell Miller, who was convicted in 2016 for bullying Meyer-Crothers, who is Black and has developmental disabilities, in...