South Hadley High School is a secondary school in

South Hadley, Massachusetts South Hadley (, ) is a New England town, town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,150 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield metropolitan area, Massachusetts. South Hadle ...

, United States, for students in grades 9–12. The school has a student population of just over 500. The school's name is frequently referred to as "SHHS".

Phoebe Prince bullying incident

Having moved in 2009 to South Hadley from Ireland, Phoebe Prince was taunted and bullied for several weeks by at least two groups of students at South Hadley High School, following disputes with two girls in late December 2009. On January 14, 2010, three students engaged in persistent taunting and harassment of Prince. Prince subsequently died by suicide by hanging herself in the family apartment. After her death, many crude comments about her were posted on her

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memorial page, most of which were removed. Other parents subsequently stated that bullying of their children had been completely ignored by the school administration. Massachusetts state

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sped up efforts to pass anti-bullying legislation as a result. On March 29, 2010, two male and four female teenagers from South Hadley High School were indicted as adults on felony charges stemming from the incident, ranging from statutory rape, criminal harassment, stalking, juvenile delinquency, to assault with a deadly weapon.Stephanie Reitz, ''3 girls in Mass. bullying case plead not guilty'' http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/04/08/3_girls_face_arraignment_in_mass_bullying_case/ The district attorney directly contradicted claims by the school superintendent that school officials had been unaware of the bullying: In May 2011, the case was resolved, after agreements to plead guilty to lesser charges. Five of the defendants were placed on probation, with several also sentenced to community service. The charges against a male student were dropped at the request of the Prince family.''The Trials of Phoebe Prince'' ABC Documentary January 13, 2012 Prince's mother settled with the town of South Hadley in October 2010, in which she agreed not to sue or reveal details of the settlement.

Notable alumni

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, Justice of the

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from 1955 to 1969. * Don Abbey, college

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References

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