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‘The only thing I’d love to change here is to get Jack back.I can’t. I do know if he were alive, he would want me — both of us — to try to make something good out of this and honor him in the way he lived his life.’

‘We think bullying, with the 1,000 times echo chamber of the internet and everybody knowing, is much more devastating to kids and, in Jack’s case, produced a very impulsive act,’ dad, William Reid said. 

‘He had to escape the pain from the humiliation he was feeling.’ 

The school explained how after a student who previously had been disciplined for bullying Jack was expelled for an unrelated violation of school rules, Jack was allowed to return the school but was left largely unsupervised where students gathered.

‘Some harsh words were said about Jack,’ the school revealed adding that administrators did not notify or check on Jack once he was back on campus.

Later that night, Jack, who was a Dean’s list student, took his own life, telling a friend that he could not go through the ordeal again. 

He had a bible in one pocket of his gym shorts, as well as a note directing his parents to a Google document, in which he described his helplessness.  

‘The School acknowledges that bullying and unkind behavior, and actions taken or not taken by the School, likely contributed to Jack’s death,’ the Lawrenceville School wrote.

‘We acknowledge that more should have been done to protect Jack.’

Following his suicide, the school’s board of trustees hired the law firm Petrillo Klein & Boxer to investigate the circumstances surrounding his death. 

The investigation included interviews with 45 students, faculty members, and others, together with a review of more than 100 emails from students and school personnel, Jack’s personal emails, phone records, text messages, and internet searches. 

‘We said from the beginning, ‘Let’s seek the truth and follow it where it leads us.Period,’ ‘ Stephen S. Murray, Lawrenceville’s head of school, said to the New York Times. ‘And that’s what we’ve tried to do every step of the way.’

He added: ‘This happened on my watch and I’m grief stricken. And yet I can’t begin to compare that to the grief and sorrow of Bill and Elizabeth Reid.’

The school say they are to introduce ‘meaningful changes that will support the School’s aspirations of becoming a model for anti-bullying and student mental health.’

The settlement agreement and the school’s admission of responsibility are aimed at honoring Jack, taking appropriate responsibility, and instituting meaningful changes that will help prevent something similar from happening again.

The admission by Lawrenceville School is particularly rare with educational establishments not usually publicly accepting responsibility after a suicide. 

The Reids hope that something good can come out of their son’s death by raising awareness about bullying, mental health, and suicide prevention. 

While at Lawrenceville, Jack was recognized as a leader by his peers and served as President of Dickinson House (one of the residential homes at the school).

He also ran on the cross country and track teams and loved singing in choir groups.

Before attending Lawrenceville, Jack had attended The Buckley School in New York City where tuition starts at $58,500 a year.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources. 

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