we begin tonight with the heartbreaking death of a 14-year-old girl, adriana kuch. died by suicide after video of a violent bullying incident at her new jersey high school was posted online. her father and community are outraged and the school district is under fire. but tonight some parents and students are telling us it's another painful reminder of a mental health crisis affecting teenaged girls across the country. we warn you, the video is deeply disturbing. here is abc's philipoff. >> i'm upset with every single one of you guys. you are here to protect the students. >> having been bullied out of this school by not only students but teacher. >> we're terrified we're going to get picked on and bullied an jumped because that's all that's been happening the last few weeks. >> reporter: weeks, years and months of pent up pain and emotion exploding at this school board meeting in bayville, new jersey. >> that girl should still be alive. make a change. do something. don't just sit on your butts and push out like you do every [ bleep ] day of your life. >> reporter: th

over the weekend 14-year-old adriana kuch was laid to rest. caught on camera in video obtained by our nbc station in new york. meanwhile, we have the school district superintendent who has now resigned, the district anti-bullying policies are coming under review as other incidents are surfacing. this isn't the only incident here as we've been told by our emily eye keyed da. this tragic loss of a 14-year-old teenager has put a spotlight of violence and bullying at this school district. what are you learning? >> such a tragic story that struck a cord not only in just this new jersey community since adriana kuch's tragic death, we learned they'll be conducting an independent assessment of the school district's anti-bullying policies. they're also going to be looking at some of the current bullying allegations, but also previous ones. growing outrage coming as additional other incidents of bullying on video come to surface. >> reporter: this morning, backlash is building since a 14-year-old in new jersey took her life just two days after classmate

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adriana kuch was 14 years old and took her life after she was brutally attacked by students in the hallwayline. the board held a meeting last night where students came forward with more allegations of bullying at central regional high school. >> we're here to protect the students but the students do not feel protected. i am going home scared and i am going home feeling threatened by so many people here. >> cnn's athena jones is it covering this for us. it is heartbreaking to hear that account of feeling threatened, even when you go home. what else are these students saying? >> reporter: hi, victor, this was a powerful meeting. hundreds of people were in attendance. students, former students, parents, members of the community and you saw that one student's emotional testimony much of the testimony was like this. this is a meeting that the school board president said was being called to help begin the process of healing at the school and so we saw current and former students like the one you just saw speaking out about bullying that wasn't handled properly or according to some students not a

this morning, a bombshell resignation after 14-year-old adriana kuch took her own life two days afterschool district now resigning after a series of interviews he gave caught the school board's attention. releasing a statement saying they have, quote, accepted triantafillos parlapanides' resignation and are evaluating allcurrent and past cases of bullying. >> i'm already recording. >> reporter: the video now part of an official investigation begins as one teen alerts the others that they are recording. >> they are just giggling while they walked down the hall because they knew what they were going to do. >> reporter: then adriana is hit in the face with a water bottle while her classmates laugh. she is kicked and punched repeatedly. her hair pulled as she's trying to get away. two students involved have been charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated assault. a third student charged with aggravated assault, and a fourth student charged with harassment. her father, michael, is outraged and says the school should have done more. >> they brushed it under the rug, and what shocked me is

nbc 4 in new york a 14-year-old student seen repeatedly beaten by classmates earlier this month adriana kuch took her life just days later. >> they are absolutely refusing to protect our children. >> reporter: her father livid the school didn't call an ambulance or file a police report, he says, following the attack >> a 14-year-old girl, my daughter, is literally hit so hard with a 20-ounce water bottle three times in the face that she blacks out >> reporter: the four students involved have been indefinitely suspended and are facing criminal charges. more fallout this weekend. the district superintendent stepping down. not long after he made comments to the press about the late teen's home life and behavior a point of concern among school board members according to wnbc sources before resigning the superintendent said the school always alerts police and pinned the recent violence in part on the pandemic >> they've seen things at home. there's been, you know, domestic violence, things that they shouldn't have been privy to but unfortunately with covid they were. >> reporter: since adriana di

adriana kuch, dying by suicide one day later. the video part of an official investigation, begins as one teen alerts the others that they are recording. then, the freshman is hit in the face with a water bottle. she is kicked and punched repeatedly, her hair pulled as she crouches down. >> all they were doing is just giggling while they walked down the hall because they knew what they were going to do. >> reporter: adriana's father says the video was later posted online where the bullying continued. michael kuch outraged the school didn't do more. >> they brushed it under the rug. and what shocked me is after all that happened and after i sent all that stuff to the school, the principal tells me it's not their policy to expel students. >> reporter: adriana's death sparking a student-led protest over what some say is a pattern of bullying. whit, we just learned that the central regional school district superintendent has resigned, according to the ocean city prosecutor. the accused teens are facing charges, ranging from arsement h

adriana kuch took her life just days later. >> they are absolutely refusing to protect our children. >> reporter: her father livid the school didn't call an ambulance or file a police report, he says, following the attack >> a 14-year-old girl, my daughter, is literally hit so hard with a 20-ounce water bottle three times in the face that she blacks out. >> reporter: the four students involved have been indefinitely suspended and are facing criminal charges more fallout this weekend. the district superintendent stepping down. not long after he made comments to the press about the late teen's home life and behavior. a point of concern among school board members according to wnbc sources. before resigning the superintendent said the school always alerts police and pinned the recent violence in part on the pandemic >> they've seen things at home there's been, you know, domestic violence, things that they shouldn't have been privy to but unfortunately with covid they were. >> reporter: since adriana died by suicide more video is surfacing of other bullying at central regional high school

adriana kuch tragically took her own life after a video of four other teens attacking her was postedasts less than a minute. with ear showing you edited seg segments. a warning you may find it disturbing. a new jersey dad says his daughter was jumped in the halls of her high school. the next day he says she took her own life. >> they think it's fun to attack people, make videos and post them. >> reporter: the video shows 14-year-old adriana walking with her boyfriend, first hit with a water bottle several times before hitting the ground. >> she blacks out. >> reporter: kuch says he's the one who alerted police to what happened and to the video which quickly circulated online prompting a slew of hateful comments. if the school contacted the police and filed a report and conducted an investigation, these videos would have been discovered immediately, kuch said, in a facebook post after his daughter's death. >> adriana was the most happy, beautiful young lady in the world. >> reporter: the superintendent at the time says police were notified and the four attackers were immediately suspe

. >> and as the story of adriana kuch, a 14-year-old student in new jersey was attacked by four otherposted to tiktok. her father said she died by suicide the following evening. >> getting hit in the face with a water bottle than her adriana. what her adriana was the embarrassment and humiliation. they just kept coming at her. >> these social media platforms are operating in the days of the wild west. and anything goes. >> republican senator marsha blackburn and democrat richard blumenthal are reaching across the aisle to try to get legislation passed, after it failed last year. >> protecting our children is not a partisan issue. >> i hope that outrage will finally be channeled into overcoming, here is the really important point, the armies of lawyers and lobbyists that big tech has mustered to counter and combat this legislation. no more. >> there is absolutely no way that any one parent can feasibly manage the fire hose of online harms that are being directed at our kids every day. we need help from the federal government. and we need it now. >> we are monitoring two storm systems a

but i'm going to describe to you what you actually see in it. 14-year-old adriana kuch, she's walking boyfriend when four people throw some liquid at her. and take her to the ground and start beating her before school personnel actually intervene. now, her father claims that the school didn't do anything about it. all they did, they sent her to the school nurse. they didn't alert authorities and we do know that the four students were suspended. but he said he's the one who took this daughter to the police department, filed the police report. and then that video circulated and then his daughter took her own life the next day. she was found dead the next day. i want you to hear more from her father. >> they think it's fun to attack people and make videos and post them. she blacks out. and they don't call an ambulance, they take her to the nurse's office. adriana was the most happy, beautiful young lady in the world. >> now, the school says they did alert authorities. those four teenagers, they have been criminally charged. one of them with aggravated assault. and they said that the supe

. >> reporter: the sorry of adriana kuch, a 14-year-old student in new jersey attacked by four otherschool's hallway stunned the nation. video of her attack posted to tiktok. her father said she died by suicide the following evening. >> getting hit in the face with a water bottle didn't hurt adriana, what hurt adriana, embarrassment and humiliation. they just kept coming at her. >> the social media platforms are operating in the days of the wild west. and anything goes. >> reporter: republican senator marsha blackburn and democrat richard blumenthal are reaching across the aisle to try to get legislation passed after it failed last year. >> protecting our children is not a partisan issue. >> i hope that outrage will finally be channeled into overcoming, here's the really important point, the armies of lobbyists and lawyers that big tech has mustered to counter and combat this legislation. no more. >> there is absolutely no way that any one parent can feasibly manage the fire hose of online harms that are being directed at our kids every day. we need help from the federal government,

adriana kuch took her own life last month, just days after video of her being attacked in a school hallwaymplains of a culture of bullying. >> i tried so hard [crying] i tried so hard to just talk! to just try [crying] to try for everybody here, to get them to listen to us! we are crying, we are mourning the loss of a student, a peer, of a best friend, of a daughter! >> she was bullied and harassed and mocked after her death! >> god, that is so hard to listen to. the new jersey case underscores the devastating findings of a new cdc study. teen girls are engulfed in violence and trauma, and experiencing record levels of hopelessness and sadness. nearly one in the three high school girls, one in three, reported in 2021 that they seriously considered suicide. up nearly 60% from a decade ago. federal researchers say pandemic lockdowns, academic strain, sexual violence, and online bullying are some of the key factors in this national state of emergency for mental health. joining me now is doctor kimberly schoen or rankle, scientific adviser for mind up, a mental fitness program, and the nova fo

adriana. the 14-year-old's heartbroken father, michael kuch, said she died by suicide last week. >> adriana wasorter: adriana dying just two days after this alleged attack, seen in disturbing cell phone video posted online. the high school freshman punched, kicked and dragged by fellow classmates. she was also hit with a water bottle. kuch says it was a tragic case of meaningless bullying that continued online after. >> getting hit in the face with a water bottle didn't hurt adriana. what hurt adriana was the embarrassment and humiliation. they just kept coming at her. >> reporter: the ocean county prosecutor's office says four students are facing charges including aggravated assault and harassment. the central regional school district telling parents in a statement, it's committed to the students to make sure they are safe and learning in their classes. but kuch says if the incident were taken more seriously by the school, he's convinced this would have been very different. >> blacks out, and they don't call an ambulance. they take her to the nurse's office. >> reporter: about one in high scho

. >> reporter: michael kuch provided the video to cnn. it shows 14-year-old adrianaes the couple, first hitting her with a water bottle several times. she's beaten to the ground as school personnel intervene. >> she blacks out, and they don't call an ambulance, they take her to the nurse's office. >> reporter: kuch says he's the one who alerted police to what happened and to the video which quickly circulated online, prompting a slew of hateful comments. if the school contacted the police and filed a report and conducted an investigation, these videos would've been discovered immediately, kuch said in a facebook post after his daughter's death. >> adriana was the most happy beautiful young lady in the world. >> reporter: the superintendent at the time says police were notified and the four attackers were immediately suspended. they've also been criminally charged, one with aggravated assault. the superintendent resigned saturday. the tragedy now putting a spotlight on the school with protests on campus, and two more parents are coming forward with more allegations of