A brief recap of the story of Phoebe Prince.
A girl immigrates from Ireland to a nice middle-class suburb in Boston, dates the HS football star, they break up, things go sour, she becomes the object of ridicule and after three months of badgering and bullying, goes home and hangs herself in a closet.
So while I think we can all agree that suicide was an extreme measure, 15 is still a child in many ways, and this girl obviously needed help. Her mother spoke to two school officials, and the bullying was common knowledge within the school, whose officials took no action.
The Northwest DA has now charged nine teens in connection with her death. While the charges of statutory rape are a bit much in my opinion (she had sex willingly in both cases), I am a little surprised that the school is not being charged at all.
Do you think the school is legally responsible in some way for Phoebe's death?