A 10-year-old boy and three high school students that all attended different schools in Rancho Cucamonga have committed suicide since school started according to the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department.

“None of these students attended the same schools,” said San Bernardino Sheriff Department Public Information Officer Cindy Bachman. “And there’s no indication that these students even knew each other.”

Parents in Rancho Cucamonga were shocked at the news.

“I don’t know what else, what they can do about it,” said one Alta Loma mom. “They’ve talked to parents, they’ve talked to the kids and it keeps happening. And it’s so sad. I don’t know. I don’t know.”

Several parents blamed bullying.

“I ask my son if he’s ever bullied and he seems to get upset,” one mom said. “They don’t want to open up about it.”

Another Alta Loma High School father blamed a lack of communication in the family.

The parents, they don’t pay attention to their kids,” he said. “Families when they go into the house and they’re all together they don’t talk to each other because everybody’s on the phone.”



