Since the suicide of Chanel, the emotion does not fall in Frévent, where she was educated. The village has decided to mobilize against school bullying.
Chanel, a 12-year-old child attending Pierre Cuallaci college in Frévent (Pas-de-Calais), ended her life on Thursday, September 30. Coming home from school, she hanged herself in her garden, with a rope from her swing. The young teenager was the victim of school bullying, according to her family, who organized a white march the following Wednesday. Chanel’s older sisters Lindsay and Crystal led the procession. Their objective ? Denounce the facts and especially alert other families, so that no other child suffers from this.
Since the tragedy, all Frévent is mobilized so that the investigation of the police force succeeds quickly and so that the children currently victims of school bullying are saved from this ordeal. Vincent and Stéphanie, parents living in Frévent and whose son attempted suicide two years ago, posted the message “I am Chanel” on their front door, relay The Parisian. Vincent even plans to create an association to fight effectively against bullying at school. Jimmy, 19, harassed in the same college because of his homosexuality, also posted a message on the balcony of his apartment: “Stop (to) school bullying.”
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Sabine Van Heghe, PS senator of Pas-de-Calais, wants to break the omerta and push the leaders of the establishments to denounce all the facts of school bullying. She also wants this type of incident to be taken into account for the evaluation and classification of colleges. She also points out that “this subject implies a responsibility that no one – parents, teachers or public authorities – is ready to assume”, report again The Parisian.
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While waiting for the measures proposed by the elected Socialist to be examined, children and adolescents can contact 3114, a suicide prevention number accessible 24/7, or 3020. This last number is also theirs. exclusively reserved.
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