LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Consumed by grief, the parents of a 12-year-old girl blamed the Clark County School District for not protecting their daughter from bullies.
Their daughter, Flora Martinez, died by suicide on May 7.
“I feel like the school had a duty to keep her safe, while she was in their care and they just failed miserably,” her mother Alice Martinez said.
Flora’s funeral took place on Thursday afternoon, which is something no parent wants to do – bury their child.
Her parents described Flora as someone full of life, empathetic, and an artist who loved ice cream and seafood.
However, they noticed a change in her after she began sixth grade at Keller Middle School in August of last year.
Her parents said Flora was tormented by bullies, and the school failed to protect her.
“This wasn’t just one incident that happened, and you know, she decided to take her life. This was months and months and months of bullying that built up, and finally, she just couldn’t take it no more,” Joshua Parker, Flora’s father, said.