Superintendent of the New Jersey school district where 14-year-old Adriana Cooch was attacked by students in the hallway of Central Regional High School in Berkeley Township. and committed suicide a few days later, he retired.
Adriana was found dead at her home in Bayville two days after the February 1 attack on the high school. The attack was recorded and the four students involved in the attack were suspended and charged, authorities said.
The Central Regional School District announced on Saturday that it had accepted the resignation. Superintendent Triantafyllos Parlapanidis.
“The Central Region family continues to mourn the loss of one of our children,” the statement posted on the county’s website said. “The Central Regional School District is evaluating all current and past allegations of bullying.”
In newspaper interviews, Parlapanides suggested that Adriana was using drugs and that her father had turned down offers of help from the county.
In an interview with the New York Post, Adriana’s father, Michael Cooch, accused Parlapanides of “blaming” his daughter and said he was not offered drug counseling. The father added that his daughter had experimented with the marijuana vaporizer but not with other drugs.
Ocean County Attorney Bradley D. Billheimer said Friday that of the four students allegedly involved in the attack, one was charged with aggravated assault, another with stalking, and two with conspiracy to commit aggravated assault.
Their names are not disclosed. NBC News generally does not name juveniles accused of crimes, even those charged as adults.
“Each juvenile and their guardian received a copy of their complaint and are released pending future court appearances,” Billheimer said.
Michael Kuch said that several students attacked his daughter while she was walking with her boyfriend in the hallway.
Kuch expressed outrage at the school’s response to the incident, saying that the police were never called even though Adriana passed out and had bruises on her body.
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