Felicia LoAlbo-Melendez was found unresponsive at F.W. Holbein School in Mount Holly on Feb. 6 and died two days later.
An 11-year-old New Jersey girl who died days after an attempted suicide in a middle school bathroom had been relentlessly bullied and reported the harassment to school officials, her mother said.
The girl was found unresponsive in the bathroom stall at F. W. Holbein School in Mount Holly on Feb. 6 and died two days later, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Felicia LoAlbo-Melendez had been bullied for years, the girl’s mother, Elaina LoAlbo, said.
LoAlbo didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment Friday, but told NBC Philadelphia that her daughter was regularly taunted by classmates.
“They called her a furry. She was not a furry. They called her gay. They called her straight. They called her bi. They called her all kinds of things.”
“My daughter was being tortured within the walls of that school,” she added.
An 11-year-old New Jersey girl who died days after an attempted suicide in a middle school bathroom had been relentlessly bullied and reported the harassment to school officials, her mother said.
The girl was found unresponsive in the bathroom stall at F. W. Holbein School in Mount Holly on Feb. 6 and died two days later, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Felicia LoAlbo-Melendez had been bullied for years, the girl’s mother, Elaina LoAlbo, said.
LoAlbo didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment Friday, but told that her daughter was regularly taunted by classmates.
“They called her a furry. She was not a furry. They called her gay. They called her straight. They called her bi. They called her all kinds of things.”
“My daughter was being tortured within the walls of that school,” she added.
An 11-year-old New Jersey girl who died days after an attempted suicide in a middle school bathroom had been relentlessly bullied and reported the harassment to school officials, her mother said.
The girl was found unresponsive in the bathroom stall at F. W. Holbein School in Mount Holly on Feb. 6 and died two days later, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Felicia LoAlbo-Melendez had been bullied for years, the girl’s mother, Elaina LoAlbo, said.
LoAlbo didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment Friday, but told Philadelphia that her daughter was regularly taunted by classmates.
“They called her a furry. She was not a furry. They called her gay. They called her straight. They called her bi. They called her all kinds of things.”
“My daughter was being tortured within the walls of that school,” she added.
“Our district suffered a loss, which continues to weigh heavily on the school community. School counselors and administrators, with the support of the Burlington County School Crisis Response Team, have and will continue to increase outreach to students and staff and are prepared to aid them in processing this latest information as they continue to grieve,” he said.
Mungo did not comment directly on the bullying allegations, but said that the district is focused on “strengthening our support system for students, especially regarding their social and emotional well-being” and is committed to “making our schools safe and secure for every student.”
LoAlbo told NBC Philadelphia that she plans to pursue legal action.
“My next steps will be so that no other parent has to fight like I do and no other child ever has to suffer like my daughter has,” she said.