. >> i am a mother of samantha johnson, a student at your school. >> reporter: at the statement michelle e-mailed the superintendent saying she had talked to the volleyball coach -- the vice principal and the counselor about samantha's bullying. carlson insists the district followed up with the school members but can't release the records because of privacy concerns. he says michelle now refuses to speak with them. >> i can't trust the school with samantha's life, i don't know why i can trust them now. >> reporter: when we come back, one teach who wants to take on the district. >> are you afraid you could lose your job just being here talking about there? >> realistically in yeah. >> reporter: it's 9:00 on a typical school night. >> i just got a text from a young lady. >> reporter: an anoka middle schoolteacher is in crisis mode. >> it looks like she's got a friend who is in crisis and thinking about suicide. >> just now. >> just now. yeah. >> how often does this happen? >> it's about once a week. sometimes more. >> reporter: it turns out to be just one scare of many. >> this is where i

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samantha johnson was 13 years old, always partial to wearing sweats and wore her hair short. y thought she was a lesbian. in 2009, samantha put a hunting rifle in her mouth and pulled the trigger. her mom told mother jones, i feel if i hadn't moved to this district, my daughter wouldn't have died.ç the anoka-hennepin school district has a policy for teachers to remain neutral on matters of homosexuality which critics say contributes to an extremely anti-gay climate there. critics point to groups associated with bachmann who have for years successfully lobbied against lgbt issues being discussed in schools, and while bachmann has yet to comment on this matter, as a minnesota state senator, she was very vocal in a 2006 anti-bullying bill. >> there's always been bullies, always have been, always will be. i just don't know how we're ever going to get to a point of zero tolerance, and what will it mean? what will be our definition of bullying? will it get to the point where we are completely stifling free speech and expression, will it mean that -- what form of behavior will there

samantha's swimsuit. they've been hanging here. i just can't put it away. >> reporter: a swimsuit hanging lifeless since november 2009 when michelle johnson'sok her own life. >> we believed that she was just hiding from everybody because she was feeling hopeless. samantha was kind of a tomboy. and she -- she was perceived as gay. >> was she gay? >> no. we don't think she was gay. she was 13. >> reporter: samantha was the first of seven students to commit suicide in a single minnesota school district in less than two years. parents and friends tell us four of those teens were either gay, perceived to be gay, or questioning their sexuality. and at least two of them were bullied over it. erica hoops was samantha's best friend. >> yeah. she didn't feel safe anywhere. during volleyball they would call her names like fag and be like, go over to the boys' locker room. you shouldn't be in here. >> was the bullying part of the reason you think erica that your best friend killed herself? >> most definitely. there's no question about it. >> reporter: allegations of bullying have brought unwanted media attention. and cnn has learned a federal investiga

samantha's swimsuit hanging here, and i just can't put it away. >> reporter: a swimsuit hanging lifeless since november 2009 when michelle johnson's only daughter her own life. >> we believe that she was just hiding from everybody because she was feeling hopeless. samantha was kind of a tomboy, and she -- she was perceived as gay. >> reporter: was she gay? >> no. we don't think she was gay. she was 13. >> reporter: samantha was the first of seven students to commit suicide in a single minnesota school district in less than two years. parents and friends tell us four of those teens were either gay, perceived to be gay or questioning their sexuality, and at least two of them were bullied over it. erica hoops was samantha's best friend. >> yeah. she didn't feel safe anywhere. during volleyball they would call her names like fag and be like go over to the boys' locker room. you shouldn't be in here. >> reporter: was the bullying part of the reason, erica, do you think she killed herself? >> most definitely. there's no question about it. >> reporter: allegations of bullying have brought unwanted media attention, and cnn has learned a federal investig