The superintendent of the New Jersey school district where a 14-year-old freshman died by suicide 48 hours after video of bullying surfaced online has resigned, a day after funeral services were held for teenager.
"We've always notified the police but we don't always press the charges. It depends on the severity of the charges," Parlapanides said.
Prosecutors announced the charges against the students Friday afternoon, the same day that friends and family honored the memory of Kuch at a memorial service. and the controversy surrounding the school's response. The teen's father, Michael Kuch, previously said Ocean County prosecutors told him they planned to file criminal charges against at least three of the girls seen on video attacking his daughter.
She crumples on the floor. The three classmates, backpacks swinging, fall over themselves a bit near the lockers, almost stepping on Kuch as she crawls around on the floor, trying to collect herself. Then they start shoving her, dragging her almost along the ground on her knees, raking her against the red school lockers, the white soles of her shoes the only part of her visible underneath her attackers at various points. Then one girl grabs her by the hair.
The girl's father says if the district believes their actions satisfied policy, then the policy is woefully insufficient. He did file a police report. The school and district continue to face mounting fallout from the attack, in particular how the aftermath was handled.
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