 Family of Bart Palosz sues Greenwich, public schools for failing to protect him from bullying 
 
 Almost two years after 15-year-old Bart Palosz committed suicide on the first day of his sophomore year at Greenwich High School, a lawsuit brought against the town sheds new light on the case and again raises the question of whether the school district should share the blame in the teenager’s decision to take his life. Connecticut Supreme Court Overturns Death Penalty > 
 
 The complaint claims Greenwich High School "failed to comply" with its anti-bullying policy, which requires staff members to provide victims with emotional support, intervene in and investigate known cases of bullying, file oral and written reports on bullying instances, contact the parents of bullying victims and discipline bullies. The family of a 15-year-old Connecticut high school student who shot himself in the head is suing the town and its board of education, alleging school officials knew their son was relentlessly bullied for years and failed to protect him. $15M Stolen Picasso Found in NJ to Be Returned to Paris 
 
 "Kids pick on him, very socially akward (sic), bullied regularly, annoying to peers," a middle school employee wrote during Bart's transition to the high school. The teenager was “annoying” to his peers and would stare at them, but he wanted to be liked and needed to be connected, the document states. The last time he was bullied was the day he died, according to the complaint. Bart was hit in the head with a locker — an injury that required stitches — and had his shoelaces tied together, according to the sharings document. Rihanna Is Joining 'The Voice' 
 
 NBC Connecticut has reached out to Greenwich Town Attorney John Wayne Fox for comment on the lawsuit. “We feel this lawsuit is important so that other students in Greenwich don’t suffer the same kind of treatment that Bart did,” the Palosz family said in a statement. “It is our hope that this lawsuit will result in changes to how the Greenwich school system responds to students in need of help so that there will be no more needless deaths.” 
 
 The lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount of damages in excess of $15,000, the threshold for filing in the court. According to family attorney Randy Savicky of Silver Golub & Teitell LLP, the town is required to respond by Sept. 8. Harvard Student Loses Facebook Internship for App 
 
 "Everyone treats him bad because he pushes people's buttons," Western Middle School Assistant Principal Albert Sackey wrote in a report after Palosz was kicked at his locker in 2012, according to the complaint. Less than two months into his freshman year, a classmate in a biology class smashed his new Android smartphone, according to the lawsuit. His grades dropped off precipitously, he decided to stop turning in his homework and he was biting his hands in class. 'I'm Alive': Stranded 19-Year-Old Spends Night Clinging to Buoy 
 
 The lawsuit cites Greenwich First Selectman Drew Marzullo as saying, "We as a community failed this child." “It’s a shame that the town, while admitting that it ‘failed this child,’ won’t actually take responsibility for what happened here.” 
 
 Golub said the town decided against settling, but he declined to specify the reason.
– The parents of a 15-year-old who killed himself in 2013 after years of "unremitting bullying" have sued their Connecticut town and its board of education, accusing them of ignoring the problem and their own anti-bullying policy, NBC New York reports. According to the Greenwich Time, Bartlomeij "Bart" Palosz shot himself with his father's hunting rifle after his first day as a sophomore following a failed attempt to kill himself with pills a few months earlier. Bart's parents are seeking an unspecified amount greater than $15,000 in their lawsuit. The family's lawyer tells the Time that recently revealed documents compiled on Bart by his middle school and shared with his high school are a "smoking gun." In these documents, staffers are quoted as saying "everyone" was mean to Bart because he "pushes people's buttons" and that he wanted to be liked but was "very socially awkward" and "annoying to peers," according to NBC. The Time reports the documents show incidents of verbal and physical bullying—one resulted in stitches—and include the phrase "social work needed." The lawsuit claims this proves the schools knew about the bullying but didn't protect Bart or punish his tormentors as required by their anti-bullying policy.