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Attorneys representing the family of a Black fifth grader in Utah who died by suicide alerted a northern Utah school district on Wednesday they plan to file a lawsuit seeking damages for their inadequate response to bullying. They said in a letter to Foxboro Elementary School and the Davis School District that Brittany Tichenor-Cox planned to seek $14 million in damages for the death of her daughter Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor. Tichenor died by suicide after months of being bullied over her race, disabilities and for being homeless. Attorneys argued in a letter that the school and its administrators had violated state and federal laws meant to protect students.