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California family to get $1 million after family-encouraged fag-child committed suicide

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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-
idUSKCN0R400920150904

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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