""I blame myself," she said in Spanish, tears in her eyes. "If she hadn't gotten involved, she'd be here with me.""
""The school has a lot to answer for, because, well, they did nothing," her mother, Elma Chuquipa Sanchez, said in Spanish. "Every single day, I would head to the school and I was there making a fuss [about ongoing bullying].""
""But it was all for nothing," she continued. "Now, my baby is gone.""
Sharon Zavaleta Chuquipa is overwhelmed with grief and guilt after her sister Khimberly died following a bullying incident at Reseda Charter High School. Khimberly intervened to defend Sharon from bullies and was struck in the head with a metal water bottle. Although she was treated and released from the hospital, she later suffered a fatal brain injury. The family questions the Los Angeles Unified School District's response to ongoing bullying, feeling that more could have been done to protect Khimberly.
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