UPDATE:If South Hadley school officials thought they’d be able to handle this in an officious manner, they were wrong. More than 300 people showed up to a meeting last night to lambast administrators over their failure to do anything about chronic bullying. See update after the jump…
Her principal called her smart and charming. And a boy had just invited 15-year-old Irish immigrant Phoebe Prince to the winter cotillion, the height of the social season at South Hadley High School in Massachusetts. But then police received a call.
It came from one of Phoebe’s sisters. When cops arrived, they found that the freshman student had hung herself. Two days before the big dance.
A sister found 15-year-old Phoebe Prince hanging in her home
Though they’re not releasing any details, police say she was a victim of cyber-bullying from girls at the school who had an unspecified beef with her over who she was dating.