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   From: suicide@barackobama.com   
      
   The family of a 12-year-old boy who committed suicide after   
   years of bullying, mostly over gender-related issues, have   
   reached a $1 million settlement with the suburban Sacramento   
   school district where the harassment occurred.   
      
   Ronin Shimizu took his own life last year after enduring what   
   his family said were years of abuse that began when he was in   
   the first grade in the Folsom Cordova Unified School District.   
      
   "He was taunted for being 'gay,' 'girlie,' 'a fag,' pushed out   
   of the boys’ bathroom and told to use the girls’ bathroom,   
   pushed down into the mud, doused with fruit cup in the   
   cafeteria, and made to suffer other indignities," his parents   
   said in a mediation brief filed in the case.   
      
   Subsequent meetings with teachers and administrators yielded   
   little if any action, the family said in the brief, which was   
   provided by their attorney, Mark Meron.   
      
   The first-grade teacher told Shimizu's parents, Danielle and   
   Brandon Shimizu, that they should stop allowing him to use   
   girls' clothes for dress-up, the brief said.   
      
   In the second grade, he was pushed into a bathroom sink and   
   split his lip, and in fifth grade, he was bullied over a   
   decision to join the school's cheerleading club, among other   
   things.   
      
   Ronin was diagnosed with anxiety, depression and obsessive-   
   compulsive disorder, but the school district did not respond to   
   his parents' request to establish a support program for him at   
   school.   
      
   A year before he committed suicide, they enrolled him in a home-   
   schooling program offered by the district.   
      
   After his death, the school district implemented an anti-   
   bullying program and set up a Character Education and Bullying   
   Prevention Task Force.   
      
   On Thursday, Superintendent Deborah Bettencourt said the   
   district was committed to providing safe and caring environments   
   for all children.   
      
   "This settlement is a fair resolution as our students, staff,   
   and community continue to work together to learn from this   
   episode and prevent another tragedy," she said. "Our hearts   
   continue to be with Ronin's family, and we support their efforts   
   to promote kindness, empathy, and positive school climate."   
      
   A school district spokesman said the settlement was for $1   
   million, which would be paid by a public school insurance pool   
   of which the district is a member.   
      
   http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/04/us-usa-bullying-   
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   The fucking social accident was home schooled for a fucking year   
   before his parents killed him.  Why is the school district   
   responsible for something his parents created?  His parents   
   should be in jail for murder!   
       
      
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