The Daily Populous Wednesday February 19th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by latintimes.com and submitted by InternetPopular3679

Jocelynn Rojo Carranza took her life after experiencing months of relentless bullying from her sixth grade classmates over her family's immigration status, with some students even threatening to contact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

On February 3, Carranza's single mother, Marbella Carranza, received a call notifying her that her daughter had attempted to take her life inside the family's home in Gainesville, Texas. Her 11-year-old daughter was rushed to an intensive care unit in Dallas but died on February 8, according to a GoFundMe page.

"I waited a whole week for a miracle that my daughter would be well, but unfortunately nothing could be done," Marbella told Univision. "My daughter will always live for me, and I will always love her."

Staff members at Gainesville Intermediate School were aware Carranza was being bullied, with some students even mocking her about being left alone when her parents got deported. Faculty also knew it had gotten aggressive that Carranza was meeting with a school counselor one to two times a week. The girl's family, however, was never notified.

Marbella, who discovered her daughter was being bullied only after she died, is now working with investigators and the school to determine exactly what happened and why the young girl's family was not made aware of what was happening.

rollin340 on February 19th, 2025 at 05:32 UTC »

> The Gainesville Intermediate School was aware Carranza was being bullied and mocked by students who told the young girl she would be left alone when her parents got deported. It had gotten so aggressive, Carranza was meeting with a school counselor multiple times a week. Her family, however, was never notified.

The fuck? How could you not tell her family? She was regularly seeing the councilor. What a failure on the part of the school.

Those bullies should be reminded that they are the reason that she took her own life. Make sure they remember this moment forever. Not to torment them, but so they understand that what they say and do can have serious consequences, and in this case, it cost a life.

I hope the investigators find the bullies and inform their parents as well, because this is also a failure on their part. No parent wants to think that their child would be cruel, but ignoring it is just failing at your job as a parent.

I hope the mother somehow finds peace with this in time, but I'm not sure how.

sarah9647 on February 19th, 2025 at 04:39 UTC »

11? My god. I don’t even know what to say. This is terribly sad. No more Reddit for tonight

openly_gray on February 19th, 2025 at 04:08 UTC »

School didn’t bother to tell the parents? Wtf