Students protest Adriana Kuch’s suicide on day of her wake, rip district’s ‘failure’ to stop bullying

Dozens of outraged New Jersey high school students took to the streets Friday to protest the tragic death of 14-year-old Adriana Kuch — a suicide triggered by bullying at school — and the district’s alleged failure to act.

Chanting “Justice for Adriana,” the youngsters gathered outside a fence at Central Regional High School in Berkeley Township to demand administrators do more to end repeated acts of students’ cruelty on campus.

The fiery demonstration came the same day Adriana’s family paid tearful respects at a private wake for the teen.

At the protest, students  waved signs reading “Voice for the voiceless” and “We have rights” — two days after more than 200 teens walked out of class over what they called a pattern of bullying that the district ignores.

Adriana took her own life two days after a video was posted online of a group of girls attacking her on Feb. 1 — hitting her with a water bottle and taunting her as she walked with her boyfriend in a school hallway.

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“That’s what you get, you stupid a— b—!” someone can be heard shouting during the attack.

Her heartbroken dad, Michael Kuch, said later he was furious over how the school handled the situation — including that educators never called police.

“My daughter actually blacks out and they don’t call an ambulance, they take her to the nurse’s office,” Kuch told ABC 7, adding Adriana had “never been in a fight before, she’s 98 pounds, 5-2 and she loves everybody.”

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The students involved in the bullying were later suspended indefinitely.

If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are experiencing a mental health crisis and live in New York City, you can call 1-888-NYC-WELL for free and confidential crisis counseling. If you live outside the five boroughs, you can dial the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline at 988 or go to SuicidePreventionLifeline.org.