A high school student, over which 5 months were bullied at school, jumped off the roof. Parents say they knew nothing

The parents of 16-year-old MIA Vizcarrondo from the Bronx that’s been abused by two classmates within five months, is suing the city and Department of education, claiming that her suicide could have been prevented.

According to the lawsuit, filed in the Supreme court of the Bronx, she was admitted to Harry Truman HS in September 2017 and immediately became a target for bullying.

«Employees of Harry S. Truman really was notified of the harassment but did not intervene,» — said in a lawsuit filed by attorney John Scola.

According to counsel, MIA was forced to be intimate, and the staff knew about it because she told them.

A high school student, over which 5 months were bullied at school, jumped off the roof. Parents say they knew nothingMIA Vizcarrondo committed suicide because of bullying

Parents Schoolgirls — Heriberto ríos and Nelly Vizcarrondo — concerned about the deterioration of her academic performance, met with the school psychologist in January 2018, a few weeks before her death. But staff, like the headmaster Keri Alfano, was not informed about complaints of their daughter.

The day before MIA’s suicide, her classmate told the psychologist that she’s worried about her friend. On the same day an employee of the school spoke with the girl, but did not notify parents about this conversation and did not warn that we should look after the condition of their daughters with great care.

«The school counselor has seen and deliberately ignored the signs that MIA Vizcarrondo was suffering from severe emotional distress and depression as a result of abuse,» reads the lawsuit.

A high school student, over which 5 months were bullied at school, jumped off the roof. Parents say they knew nothingAccording to the girl’s father, 28 February 2018 MIA went to school, excited for the upcoming performance. Later, Heriberto Rios learned that that day his daughter had been sexually assaulted in the classroom, where she and other students spoke. After an incident over her cruelly mocked by his classmates.

Unable to endure one more humiliation MIA left early from school and went to the house of his mother. At 14:02 she jumped from the roof of a 34 story building. The girl was taken to Jacobi Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.

As it turned out, two students were forced MIA to oral sex for five months. Cruel classmates pulled out her hair, beat and insulted her.

The next day after the suicide girls are one of the students that it was haunted, was transferred from Harry Truman HS. The psychologist was also dismissed soon after.

«The tragic circumstances of the death of my client could be prevented, says Scola in his statement. We hope that this case will force the Department of education of the city of new York to reconsider its policy and properly prepare their employees to the problems associated with bullying that no student felt so hopeless to consider suicide a way out.»

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