WOODSIDE, Del.- Students, staffers and members of the community are mourning the apparent suicide of another student at Polytech High School. Delaware State Police confirmed they are investigating the incident involving a 16-year-old girl. Her death marks the school's fourth apparent suicide of 2012.
Polytech's superintendent sent the following message to parents on Thursday morning:
"We regret to inform you that the State Police have confirmed the death of a Polytech student. We have state, district and school counselors providing services to staff and students in need. A parent informational meeting was held Thursday night at the Polytech Adult Education Conference Center. The entire Polytech family shares in the grief in the loss of our student."
According to Delteenspace.org, the Delaware Suicide Prevention line averages about 150 calls a month. That number includes adults. The organization has recently started a chat site, of which about 50 percent of those users are under the age of 19 and 10 percent of users are between 11 and 14.
In February, two Polytech students- including a 17-year-old boy- committed suicide. The school's first suicide of the year occurred in January and involved a female student.
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