A California school district was ordered to pay $1 million to a teen who was bullied but ignored by school administrators who allegedly lied about calling the police after learning of a petition started by other students calling for her death, Your Content has learned.
Eleri Irons, now 18, suffered traumatic bullying from 2017-2018 when other students created a petition called ‘Let’s kill Eleri Irons.
Irons self-harmed because of the abuse and ended up with a case of PTSD as she spent nearly every lunch break in the nurses office to avoid her tormenters.
Melissa Gooden, then-principal at the middle school, reportedly lied about calling the police as she learned of the petition.
‘They never investigated a single claim of bullying made by my client’ said Iron’s attorney, Christa Ramey,‘according to FLIPBOARD.
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