A Vermont girl has tragically ended her life after suffering relentless bullying at her high school, her family said.
Isabelle Vezina-Dykema, 14, attended Mill School, an alternative school for students with complex needs where she endured persistent bullying.
Her mother said Isabelle was being bullied in person and through text messages over her appearance and that of her mother.
The woman has a shattered eyelid following brain surgery. She believes Isabelle’s classmates mocked her for that leading to her September 15 suicide.
On that tragic day, Isabelle came home extremely upset from school; the mother chose to give her daughter some space to process her feelings only to find her dead less than an hour later.
“I thought I was doing the right thing, but in 35 minutes our whole lives changed,” the mother said through tears.
“She was excited about the school year, excited about being a freshman, ‘I’m finally in high school, I’m not going to let things bother me, I’m going to succeed’,” she recalled.
Mill School officials said that they’re investigating the bullying allegations.
