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Year After Student's Suicide, Elite NJ Boarding School Admits 'Falling Tragically Short'
On the anniversary of one of its beloved student's suicide, a prestigious boarding school in South Jersey is taking responsibility for what it could've done to help prevent his death.
Jack Reid, 17, was a victim of bullying and other forms of cruel behavior at the Lawrenceville School over the course of a year, including in the form of false rumors in person and online, school officials said.
On April 30, 2022, he died by suicide.
In a statement Sunday, April 30, 2023 the Lawrenceville School said it had reached an agreement with William and Elizabeth Reid, parents of Jack Reid, noti…
11-Year-Old Who Died By Suicide In School Bathroom Recorded Chilling Voice Note Years Before
An 11-year-old New Jersey middle school student who died by suicide in her school bathroom — just days after losing her dad, an NJ Transit police detective, to cancer — recorded a chilling voice note years before her death.
"Unless you're me, well you're listening to this from the future," Felicia LoAlbo-Melendez can be heard saying in the 2021 voice note, shared by her mom Elaina LoAlbo, to Facebook.
"Say hello to future mom, future dad... future everyone. Never, never never be bad, never give up on your friends, never, ever... be a bully."
Since her daughter's death, LoAlbo has been vo…
