After years of alleged bullying, an Ohio teen killed herself
 

Is her school district responsible?

Growing up, Emilie Olsen had an infectious smile, a love for horses and a perfect attendance record. She was a straight-A student and an excellent volleyball player. Emilie ?had an extremely sweet spirit about her,? a family friend recalled.

On Dec. 11, 2014, the 13-year-old shot and killed herself at home.

It was a tragedy that sent a jolt through Fairfield, Ohio, where Emilie had lived since her parents, Marc and Cindy Olsen, adopted her from China when she was 9-months-old. Classmates and neighbors mourned a young life cut short.

But in the days following Emilie?s death, her parents spoke out against the seeming suddenness of it all. Emilie?s death was precipitated by cruel, relentless bullying, the Olsens said. Worse: It could have been prevented, they claimed, if officials at Fairfield Intermediate and Middle School had been more responsive. Emilie did not have to die, they said.

These were the allegations made in an 82-page federal lawsuit the Olsens filed against Fairfield City School District, various administrators and Emilie?s alleged bullies last December. Since then, their fight to hold the school district accountable for their daughter?s death has been met with support from parents and denials from school officials.

Former Fairfield City Schools superintendent Paul Otten, who is among the defendants named in the complaint, left his position last month to become the superintendent of the nearby Beavercreek City School District.

Just last week, Fairfield Middle School Principal Lincoln Butts, also a defendant, resigned for ?personal reasons.?

Neither administrator gave specific explanations for leaving. In response to the lawsuit?s December filing, the school district said in a statement, according to WCPO: ?The District will be defending the litigation and will be providing appropriate responses in the course of the litigation. The District has no further comment at this time regarding this pending matter.?

Meanwhile, the lawsuit alleges that Emilie suffered discrimination because of her race and perceived sexual orientation and that school officials were negligent in their handling of her bullying. The complaint details a downward spiral brought on by unabating abuse.

Neither administrator gave specific explanations for leaving. In response to the lawsuit?s December filing, the school district said in a statement, according to WCPO: ?The District will be defending the litigation and will be providing appropriate responses in the course of the litigation. The District has no further comment at this time regarding this pending matter.?

Meanwhile, the lawsuit alleges that Emilie suffered discrimination because of her race and perceived sexual orientation and that school officials were negligent in their handling of her bullying. The complaint details a downward spiral brought on by unabating abuse.

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Back in my day if you were bullied you simply had it out in the school yard with a fight or simply put on your big kid pants and realized it was a part of life and created your own small group of friends. Now kids kill themselves and do other irrational things.

I feel sorry for the teen that they couldn't realize that life can be better if you try

Fuck do we need to know about every death in the world. Seriously?

How about some positive news?

A real shame kids think suicide is the only answer

Don't bother, it's been tried by multiple people many times. He feeds on our negativity to him forcing negativity here.

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I don't mean to be mean, but your posts are the reason why I'm not around here as much anymore.. They fucking bum me out and I don't want to think about that kind of shit when I'm working. Who's benefiting from all of these news stories that no one wants to know about?

More proof of brasshat is the one destroying the board himself:

Brasshat is benefiting. $0.00000000000000319 per post to be exact.

Some kids are more sensitive and will get a deep cut when other kids in group or solo harass and bullies. I think this is an awful story but in the end it's the responsibility of the school to deal with this.

The kids that cant behave force them to a program or to a different school and if it's a group split them up.

It hurts even more to read that this girl was doing great in school and some primitive kids with possible parenting problems set stop to everything.

If a 13 year old kid A-student makes the decision to kill him/her self then it's bad really bad.

I'm sure these kids have told her she's a worthless piece of shit on a daily basis. It needs to stop and school needs to take hard actions to deal with it.

don't be a little bitch :winkwink:

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Looking back now, it seems strange that anyone thought that 4 years was consequential to the rest of his life. Even for the people at the top of the social pyramid, it means nothing for you later, unless the only people you deal with on a daily basis were fellow cool kids in high school with you. Nobody gives a shit you were head cheerleader when get busted stealing those maxi pads from the 7-11.

What I'm saying is, everyone feels like high school is his entire life. Now that you're older, four years feels like nothing.

you scare me with bible truth shit :2 cents::2 cents:

Same here. I'll go a month or so, stop by, and see BM spammed all over the front page with crap and move on.

GFY wants him here to kill the board, that much is obvious. You're only as good as your weakest link and he's it, big time.

I personally never got bullied. Think back then though if ya had a beef ya settled that shit there and that was the end of it. Today since kids are addicted to social media shit guess if ya are getting bullied shit doesn't stop when the school day is over. :2 cents:

this blaming society horseshit, the constant whining of the left wing victim class, is why this country is going in the shitter. so the school is responsible for the actions of other children, & the parents of the deceased, who left a gun accessible to a troubled child.

this is why trump will win. everytime he offends the left, his poll numbers go up. :2 cents:

I never understood why bullied children do not get a knife and sucker stab the bully in the balls and then open the bully up every now and again just for amusement...this victim mentality will always remain a mystery to me...

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i was bullied as well they kicked my ass daily. it was a gang i will not name. real fuked up shit

It was bloodz.

Indeed...if they only realized that murder was the second option :thumbsup

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