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MOAB — In January, Lily Clara McClish, 13, was named Student of the Month at Grand County Middle School for her efforts to promote tolerance for students of all sexual orientations, races and genders.
That same month, on Jan. 26, Lily took her own life.
Her mother, Molly McClish, said her daughter was depressed, in part because of what she saw as injustices happening at her school, including bullying of her friends that she felt was being ignored by some adults at the school.
What McClish didn’t know at that time was that Lily herself was being subjected to more bullying than she was letting on.
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