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Phoebe prince was young, beautiful and took her own life. nine of her classmates are being held accountable for it. outraged parents are demanding that even more be done to bring about justice. what are they demanding? fire the administrators. parents say this bullying has gone on at south hadley high for years. the school has done nothing about it. >> they havent apologized to this family. they havent apologized to this community. we had been saying from early on that this the administration ne...

School staff members about the harassment that phoebe had reported to her. >> there are charges against the kids. there should be charges against those administrators. >> why? >> because they knew what was going on and they didnt take action. they were in charge. >> reporter: while the da says charges against the school officials are unlikely, some parents are demanding action. >> they should resign or step aside. if they dont we will be asking for their contracts not to be renewed on may 1st. >...

Direct contradiction to the story weve heard from the d.a. >> reporter: well, what the d.a. basically laid out was that school officials did know, were aware of the bullying that was going on in the school, in south hadley high school with respect to phoebe prince. they called that inaction, if you will, on the part of administrators, troublesome but that it did not rise to the level of criminal behavior. what the superintendent is telling me is that phoebe was a very private person, that she di...

Central park. a beautiful day to stand. a perfect day to stand in line. theres your ipad. this one may have to go in my book bag. thank you. we have new information and turking, a controversial school bullying case. nine students allegedly torment this had teenager until she killed herself. the schools top administrators are speaking out after folks are calling for administrators to take the blame. flooding in the northeast is so bad, the governor in rhode island is calling it the worst in 200...

Looks. >> reporter: what would they call her? >> a slut and irish whore. >> reporter: when were the school administrators? >> prior to phoebes death, her mother spoke with at least two school staff members about the harassment phoebe had reported to her. >> there are charges against the kids. there should be charges against those administrators. >> reporter: why? >> because they knew what was going on and they didnt take action. they were in charge. >> reporter: while the d.a. says charges again...

You do, when you see a kid for example walking down the hallway, and you see somebody being bullied, you dont address the target. if you say, are you okay? the target has no choice but to say, yeah, im fine. you address the person whos perpetrating it, and you are trained to know how to handle this. its a not just the kids in that moment, also the kids all over the hallway that see you. what is absolutely clear to me, if we dont do this, administrators look like theyre incompetent and not runnin...

Couldnt take it anymore and killed herself. she was allegedly bullied in the hallways of south hadley high school for months physically and emotionally. >> what did they do to her in school? >> called her names, followed her home, skid mark remarks, dirty looks. >> reporter: what would they call her? >> a slut and irish whore. >> the suspects, nine of her own classmates, mostly girls, theyve all been charged but what where the school administrator science. >> prior to phoebes death her mother sp...

>> reporter: kyra, there is some good news for ed flynn. his daughter only lives a few blocks away on dry land. so he will have a place to help try to put things back together. thats a positive for him. a bigger positive to the region all together thats been inundated with the floodwaters is dryer weather. thats the latest from rhode island. lets send it back to you. >> we are going to talk to jacqui jeras in a few minutes to see when things will get better for the northeast. she will have the f...

The target, if you say, are you okay, the target has no choice to say, yeah, im fine, you address the person perpetrating it. you are trained to know how to handle it. its not just the kids in that moment, also the kids all over the hallway that see you. what is absolutely clear to me, if we dont do this, administrators look like theyre incompetent and not running the school. the kids who have social power are running the school. >> is that the case? do schools not get this? do they have this tr...

14-year-old frankie rodriguez got in trouble for wearing a bracelet that says i love boobies, keep abreast. the student says he wore it to support family members to ho dealt with breast cancer he even turned it around so the words werent showing. the school found the bracelet disruptive and a violation of its dress code. >> they just took it sexual and it wasnt anything like that at all. >> when rock region gus refused to hand over the bracelet to administrators he was suspended for what the sch...