The Mount Holly School District in Burlington County is being investigated by the U.S. Attorney's Office for complaints that the district violated the Civil Rights of students, including an 11 year old girl who died by suicide after her family said she was relentlessly bullied by classmates.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, which first reported the investigation, federal authorities are looking into complaints that the school system discriminated against students based on race, sexual orientation, gender and national origin.

The probe also includes how Mount Mount Holly schools handled allegations of harassment by students.

The investigation was made public after lawyers for the district recently tried to delay proceedings in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Felicia Lowell Bell Menendez, who died by suicide in 2023 and allegedly asked school officials for protection from bullying classmates.

She never got it.

According to the Inquirer, the district is planning to fight both cases and denies any violations of civil rights.