Emails sent to the Daily Mail have revealed that the Superintendent of New Jersey's Central Regional School District, Triantafillos Parlapanides, claimed that Adriana Olivia Kuch, the 14-year-old who committed suicide 48 hours after being attacked in the hallways of her high school, made "poor choices," including the use of drugs. He suggested that her "grades and choices declined in 7th and 8th grade" because her mother committed suicide after her father "had an affair."
The Daily Mail wrote in an email to Parlapanides, "What services were provided to Kuch before she died, it's believed she had been relentlessly bullied for some time before her death?" He answered, "After [Adriana's] mother's suicide since her father was having an affair at the end of her 6th grade. Her father married the woman he had an affair with and moved her into the house."
The father of Adriana Kuch, Michael, told the Daily Mail that Adriana Kuch's mother had battled addiction and passed away in 2015.
"Her grades and choices declined in 7th and 8th grade," the superintendent, whose salary is $190,000 per year, added.
On February 1, in the hallways of Central Regional High School in Berkeley Township, four students allegedly attacked Kuch in a video that was later shared online. The four students were suspended indefinitely and Ocean County prosecutors reportedly told Kuch's father that at least three of the girls involved were facing criminal charges.
The video showed Adriana Kuch walking in her school hallway next to her boyfriend when another girl surprises her by slamming a water bottle into face. After the initial blow, Kuch can be seen collapsing and then the girl continues to hit her as at least two young students cheer off camera.
The bullying continued after school, with direct messages being sent to Adriana Kuch from one of the assailants, mocking her for getting beaten.
"But now you come home and you keep getting bullied - they still keep picking at you home," Michael Kuch said.
"I want the entire world to know what these animals did to my daughter," Michael Kuch, a 22-year Army veteran, previously said, adding that "a kid is assaulted with a weapon and their policy is not to call the police or file a report."
On February 3, Kuch's family members found her dead in a closet in her Bayville home.
Parlapanides told the Daily Mail, "We offered her drug rehab and mental services on 5 occasions but father refused every time."
"We tried helping her several time but mother's suicide was a major reason she started making poor choices," Parlapanides added.
More than 200 students at Central Regional High School expressed their anger over the school administration’s handling of bullying and staged a walkout on Wednesday.
In the midst of preparing for his daughter's funeral, Michael Kuch said "This guy is a piece of sh*t" in response to the superintendent's claims.
He also denied his daughter was offered drug counseling and said he and his wife had sought treatment for Adriana Olivia because she started vaping marijuana.
Earlier Michael Kuch had said, "The [school] has done nothing. They should not be in charge of our children's safety."Join and support independent free thinkers!
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