The heartless superintendent at the New Jersey school where 14-year-old Adriana Kuch was beaten in the hallways two days before her suicide has responded to questions about her death by slandering her grieving family.
In stunning emails to , Triantafillos Parlapanides, the Central Regional School District’s $190,000-a-year superintendent, said Adriana – who committed suicide in her bedroom closet two days after being spanked on February 3 – offered counseling had been “for drugs”.
He also made a shocking allegation against the girl’s grieving father, Michael, a 22-year-old Army veteran, claiming he “had an affair” when Adriana was seven, which drove her mother to suicide and later “the woman brought into the house”.
That “woman” is Adriana’s stepmother, Michael’s wife Sarah, who tearfully spoke to on Friday morning as they prepared Adriana for the visit ahead of her funeral tomorrow.
Adriana killed herself shortly after 10:46 p.m. on February 2. The bullies who attacked her threatened to go after her boyfriend next and had been bombarding her with harassing messages all day.
The emails from Parlapanides – which come a week after Adriana’s suicide – were in response to a series of questions from whether she had received support from the school.
She killed herself two days after being ruthlessly mocked about the attack on social media.
Headmaster Triantafillos Parlapanides. In stunning emails to , Central Regional School District Superintendent Triantafillos Parlapanides said Adriana – who killed herself in her bedroom closet on February 3, two days after she was beaten – was seeking advice “about drugs ‘ been offered.
This is the email reply Parlapanides sent to when asked what advice Adriana received. He claimed her “decisions were rejected” that her mother committed suicide “because her father was having an affair”.
When asked what services had been rendered to her, Parlapanides said, “Afterward [Adriana’s] Mother committed suicide because her father was having an affair [sic] at the end of her 6th grade.
‘Her father married the woman he was having an affair with and moved into the house with her.
“Her grades and choices deteriorated in 7th and 8th grade.
“We offered her drug rehabilitation and psychiatric treatment five times, but father refused each time.”
He then claimed, “We tried to help her several times, but the mother’s suicide was one of the main reasons she started making bad decisions.”
Michael Kuch previously explained to how Adriana’s mother had battled addiction and tragically died in 2015 when Adriana was just seven years old.
He dismissed Parlapanides’ claims that his daughter had been offered “drug counseling”, instead explaining that he and his wife were seeking help for her because she had smoked marijuana with a vape – like many children at school.
“I don’t know how to react to this insane distraction,” Mr. Kuch replied to the superintendent’s emails.
“This guy is a piece of shit,” he said while preparing for his daughter’s funeral tomorrow.
In addition to his emails to , Parlapanides – the city’s highest-paid school administrator – also defended himself on Facebook, claiming that “there are two sides to every story” after an alumni saw the news of Adriana’s death and said it would be her Never send children to school.
Adriana’s father said she was “embarrassed” by the attack video circulating online and was being harassed by the bullies on social media and in texts
Adriana’s father and stepmother Sarah. They are preparing for their funeral today
One of the girls involved in the attack posted these heartless messages on Snapchat. Adriana’s father said: “You used to go to school, you were bullied and then you left. But now you come home and you keep getting bullied – they still pick on you at home.
Parlapanides is responsible for three schools; He has served as Superintendent for 14 years. Adriana’s father believes the school abandoned his daughter because she didn’t call the police to the bullies after the attack.
Adriana killed herself after seeing her taunts on social media and after one of the girls sent her a direct message laughing about it.
“I can’t tell you how angry I am at the school and the police… If these videos hadn’t been posted these girls would have ended up with a one day suspension or no issues at all.
‘The [school] did nothing. They shouldn’t be responsible for the safety of our children.’
What drove her to kill herself, he says, was the fact that she was “embarrassed” by the rapidly circulating videos of the attack on TikTok and Snapchat.
“She was so embarrassed that they jumped on her. She would say, “I don’t want to be mocked.”
“It was as if she had been attacked twice. You used to go to school, get bullied and then leave.
According to her father, Kuch was “hit in the face three times with a water bottle” and “fainted.” He then had to take his daughter, who was covered in blood, to the police station to file a complaint because the school refused
Adriana’s injured legs after the attack. Her father said she was mostly “humiliated” by the video, which made her feel like she was attacked “twice”.
“But now you come home and you keep getting bullied – they still pick on you at home.”
The school was sued last year by another girl’s family who claim she was “attacked” in the hallways.
The day after the beating, Adriana stayed home from school.
She lived with her father, stepmother, 16-year-old brother and two stepsisters.
Her mother tragically died when she was seven years old.
“Her father says the school staff told her that because they didn’t want bullies to make fun of her swelling or bruising.
“We spent time together…she decided she wanted to go back to school the next day.
“She went to her boyfriend’s house during the day. I got home around 5 o’clock.
“We had McDonald’s and I got her her favorite – the crispy chicken sandwich.
“We’d have dinner, we’d talk about friends and make life decisions … I kind of liked lecturing her.
“We had a great conversation [my wife and I] said we wanted her to hang out with good people and tried to explain to her how that would help in life.
“She was in a good mood,” he said. The family said good night and went to their separate bedrooms.
Adriana with her boyfriend Jason who was trying to pull the other girls away from him and protect them
Cameras inside the home showed Adriana walking from her bedroom in the converted basement to the kitchen for snacks around 10pm.
Now her father knows from her cell phone logs that she was online texting with her boyfriend.
He also knows that she received a direct message from one of the girls involved mocking her about the video and the beating.
He says it made fun of her for “dripping” blood and that she got her “a** whoops.”
The last text Adriana sent to her boyfriend at 10.46pm was.
“You can’t even tell me the time of day,” she said. S
At 5 a.m., her stepmother went down to her room to wake her up. Mr. Kuch remembers hearing them “scream”.
“I was in the kitchen, the woman went downstairs [to wake Adriana] And I just heard her scream no
“I ran downstairs and immediately see that her bed is empty. At first I thought, “Did she sneak off to her boyfriend?”
‘So I turned left and saw them in the closet. She was wearing the same clothes she had worn the day before. I had just bought her a brown jacket. She loved that jacket.”
The family is preparing for a private visit today. Adriana’s funeral is tomorrow.
The four girls have now been charged; three with fourth-degree assault and one with disorderly conduct. It is unclear whether they will be prosecuted as adults or minors.