School District Probed in Walsh Suicide
By Advocate.com Editors
Federal education officials have launched a probe into the Central California school district where Seth Walsh, who was 13 years old, took his own life after suffering antigay bullying from classmates.
According to theAssociated Press, a spokesman for Education Secretary Arne Duncan confirmed the investigation.
“The probe was launched in response to a complaint from Seth Walsh's mother that Tehachapi Unified School District employees failed to adequately address the years of bullying that preceded her son's death last Sept. 28, spokesman Justin Hamilton said,” the AP reported.
Wendy Walsh said that investigators from the Education Department spent two days in