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Could Seth Walsh's Middle School Have Prevented His Suicide? | Education | Change.org

Could Seth Walsh's Middle School Have Prevented His Suicide? | Education | Change.org

Could Seth Walsh's Middle School Have Prevented His Suicide?

California students are still fighting bullying and harassment, despite a 2003 law that mandated bullying protections and guidelines for all schools in the state. Activists, parents and students are stepping up to make schools safer -- but tragedies are still happening, and now the federal government is stepping in.

Federal education officials announced on Tuesday that their civil rights division is investigating Tehachapi Unified School District in the death of Seth Walsh.

Seth Walsh was a 13-year-old student at Jacbosen Middle School who hung himself in his backyard on