SUWANNEE COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) — A lawsuit filed on Oct. 5 against the Suwannee County School District alleges that a teacher at the school bullied a student, leading the 14-year-old to commit suicide.

The family of Kaleb Simmons filed a lawsuit against the district in the Circuit Court of the Third Judicial Circuit in Suwannee County last week.

The suit alleges that a Suwannee High School science teacher "regularly and systematically bullied, verbally abused and publicly intimidated" Simmons until the teen took his own life on October 25, 2017.

They say Simmons was a 9th grade student at the school from 2017-2018. The teacher, who we are choosing not to name at this time, allegedly "publicly berated and embarrassed" Simmons in front of his classmates during his 5th period science class.

A lawyers for the family assert that the teacher would accuse Simmons of misbehavior without basis.

On the day of his suicide, the teacher is accused of accusing Simmons of cheating, then calling his mother on his cellphone without telling her the entire class was listening on the speaker.

"Several hours later, [Simmons] returned home from school, went to his bedroom and took his own life with a hunting rifle," the document reads.

“ Kaleb was a 14-year-old child who previously never suffered from emotional or mental health issues. We believe his suicide was preventable had the school stepped in to stop the ongoing abuse he faced from his teacher," said the family's attorney, Jim Biggart. "The school district knew this teacher was bullying him; other students bore witness to the taunting and intimidation; and yet, school administrators stood idly by and did nothing. We will fight for justice for Kaleb and to make sure nothing like this happens to another family again.”

Ted Roush, the superintendent of Suwannee County Schools, sent ABC 27 the following statement about the lawsuit: