In this article it talked about how 6 students have committed suicide over a 15 month spread. But the district states that it was not because of bullying, that they would have to look into each case and determine what happened. A mother of one of the students that committed suicide said that she is not sure what pushed her son to committee suicide on his last day. But she does go on to say that she knows that he was bullied and she wants to make the school more welcoming for students like her son.
The question shouldn’t be if these kids were bullied. The question should be what can we do to make this stop happening. Stop the bullying and have programs out there like yellow ribbon for kids who are having troubles and thinking about taking their own lives. The school district needs to stop saying that it isn’t because of bullying it may not be the reason some took their lives, but if you place these programs in your school. Like anti bullying campaigns I feel like many students who wouldn’t have stood up for themselves will benefit from them. If that school district can take what has happened to these 6 students and learn from this situation, then more kids later down the line will be saved. The school district needs to stop sitting on the side lines when it comes to bullying something has to be done. How many more students are going to commit suicide before the district realizes that this is for real? Hopefully no more if the school district implements policies that protects these children and makes it a more welcoming environment.
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