Las Vegas sixth grader, 12, commits suicide after constant bullying at school

Flora Martinez committed suicide May 7 after nearly an entire school year of bullying, her family said.

A 12-year-old girl killed herself after enduring relentless bullying throughout the school year, according to her family, who claim the Las Vegas school district rejected their request to transfer her.

Flora Martinez, a sixth grader at Duane D. Keller Middle School, took her life on May 7.

“Look how hard it was on my daughter. My daughter was literally bullied to death,” her grieving mother, Alice Martinez, told 8 News Now Thursday. Alice and Joshua Parker, Flora’s father, placed blame on the Clark County School District, saying it failed to protect their daughter.

Alice and Joshua, Flora's parents, said the Clark County School District did nothing to intervene.

Flora’s family reported the preteen’s torment to the school’s assistant principal, but the bullying from her classmates continued. The bullies targeted Flora almost immediately at the start of the 2023-24 academic year, Alice said.

The situation was so severe that Alice Martinez submitted paperwork to transfer Flora out of the middle school — a request the CCSD allegedly denied on Oct. 6, 2023. The district did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

The family reported the bullying to the assistant principal multiple times, to no avail, they said.

“At that point, I already had her out of school for two weeks because of all the incidents. Just that short amount of time into the school year,” Martinez said.

The reported bullying only intensified once Flora returned to the classroom, slowly chipping away at the girl once described as full of life and empathetic.

"My daughter was literally bullied to death," Alice Martinez said.

“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 said. The targeting seemed unprovoked, with her former classmate Rico telling the outlet that Flora was “so nice to everybody.”

“I’m so sad, because like I felt like it’s my fault because I should have really done something. I should’ve pushed everybody out of the way. Got to her,” the youngster said.

According to her family, Flora was tormented right up until the moment she committed suicide in her bedroom — shortly before dinner with her family.

Former classmate Rico said Flora was nice to all her classmates.

Racked with grief, Flora’s parents accused the district of doing nothing to protect their daughter. “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 said. “Everybody that had a hand in that request to transfer her failed her … If you’re a parent and you’re not outraged by this, you’re part of the problem too.”

Flora committed suicide just two days after 10-year-old Sammy Teusch suffered the same fate, also following severe bullying. Similarly, Sammy’s family raised alarm bells nearly two dozen times before the tragedy.