On Saturday, February 11, the superintendent of a school system in Ocean County resigned as a result of statements he made regarding the death of a 14-year-old student.
Dr. Triantafillos Parlapanides’ resignation was made public on the Central Regional High School website a few hours after Adriana Kuch’s funeral. Adriana Kuch committed suicide on February 3; days earlier, a video showing her being pummelling in the school’s hallways went viral.Parlapanides resigned after the Daily Mail obtained an email he sent in which he said the teen’s actions were caused by her father’s relationship, which started in middle school.
Daily Voice is able to vouch for Parlapanides’ adherence to these ideas.
According to Parlapanides, bullying “should never occur in schools but sadly that happens in a number of schools, especially since COVID-19,” in an interview with Daily Voice last week.
In addition, Parlapanides believed that kids’ emotional growth was halted by remote instruction during COVID-19 and remarked that the 2021–22 school year was the worst he had ever experienced in his 20 years of working in education.
The student allegedly suffered “serious and irreversible physical and psychological impairments” as a result of the school board and administrators’ failure to safeguard him, according to the lawsuit.