A jury in Los Angeles ruled in favor of El Segundo Middle School student Eleri Irons who was a victim of severe bullying starting at the age of 13, Independent reports.

The jury agreed that El Segundo Unified School District staff displayed negligence throughout the entire course of Irons bullying.

An April 2019 lawsuit claims the district failed to protect and advise the Irons while she was “bullied, tormented and verbally assaulted” by three students between November 2017 and June 2018.

The lawsuit detailed a traumatizing moment Irons endured when a student-initiated a petition titled “Let’s kill Eleri Irons” that teachers discovered but never notified her parents about.

Initially, Police reviewed the petition on June 14, 2018, and saw no threat but have since suspended the creators and signers of the petition.

Over the year, Iron, who is now 18, has formed “significant physical and psychological trauma,” according to the lawsuit.

Attorney Christa Ramey said in a statement that Iron even inflicted pain on herself due to the district’s lack of interference.

Iron has “suffered PTSD, cut herself, and sought refuge in the school nurse’s office nearly every lunch break,” Ramey said.

She added that school officials “dismissed the concerns” of her parents “as drama over a teen love triangle.”

“Every teacher, counselor, and administrator who touched this case failed not only my client but also the aggressors and every other student at the school,” Ramey continued. “Bullying is to be taken seriously and the administrators are culpable when they don’t stop it.”

Melissa Moore, the El Segundo schools Superintendent, said the school district had created different avenues to control the act of bullying on school grounds. Since the case, two student safety assistant roles have been put in place at two schools, and a safety plan has been enacted at all schools.

“As a school district, we respect the ruling of the court and acknowledge the findings of the lawsuit,” Moore said.

“The next steps are up to our legal counsel. As we move forward, we are committed to self-improvement and doing everything we can to prevent bullying in our schools,” she added.

In a press release, Irons said she had had time to forgive her bullies regardless of the trauma she had been through.

“I am so thankful that I have been able to share my experience and to actually be taken seriously so that the next time a child asks for help, the school will address it the way they should have for me,” she said.

The district is also considering assistance from a third-party security assessment, which includes adding a phone app for students to report safety concerns and training the school’s staff members in behavioral threat assessment protocols.