Girl dies after falling through skylight above school gym

Im sorry for the lost! But why was these kids out at 3 am on top of the school roof? i understand that these are good kids! however they should have not been there! and i thing the other students should be suspended from school!

Im sorry for the lost! I found out that the girl was sleeping over a friends house. Well the mother that was watching her should of been watching her,when my kids have friends over i always make shore that thay are always in the house. even if I have to wake up every hour to make shore that there home. I have three boys . and one time my son did that to me with his friend really scared me But i got into my car found them punished my son and his friend never slept over ever again , I brought the kid to his house at 4am ,and spoke to the mother, told her that he will never sleep over again. I told her I would not have my son running the streets with her son. my son was 15 too. kids do things like that. But .you have to keep on them to keep them safe. eveyone should make shore when there kids are sleeping over someones house .that thay will be safe. and that parent will watch them.

The sleep over was at Lindsey's house(the girl that passed away)!!! This is a tragedy for the parents involved but I have sat back and watched and listened from the sidelines as the parents ignored the fact that their child or in some cases children were out doing this negative behavior. These children were drinking, and have been for a very long time. Just this past summer there was an incident at the carnival with underage drinking, and the parents did nothing to these children.

Now I am not saying I am a perfect parent but I do know I have done everything within legal limits to correct my children from negative behavior.

I feel that a parents responsibility to guide and educate their child doesn't stop when they start going to school nor when they hit the middle or high school. In fact it should get harder because now their minds are not only maturing more but their hormones and curiosity is tooo.

I feel bad accidents happen. But you can never watch your kids too much they are only 15!!!

MsG wrote:

Im sorry for the lost! But why was these kids out at 3 am on top of the school roof? i understand that these are good kids! however they should have not been there! and i thing the other students should be suspended from school!

My response to the loud mouth who is holier than thou!!! I hope you never have something like this happen to you or your loved ones. Some people love to blame but never look at themselves in the mirror!!! My question is how did they get on the roof -access should have been locked or a security guard should have been posted- if the PJ school had open access!! They are completely responsible Lindsay Billman and her friends were being normal high school students. You know it takes a village to raise a child.

Nancy, I can express my opinion! Yes i've had this happened! Stupid teens killed a special person close to me, the teens were drinking and driving! They got on top of the roof with milk crates! Drinking as from what everyone in town is saying!, and as students of this school! they know that the student code of conduct states no tresspassing! Your quick to jump on me when sideliner is telling most of the story! about about the kind of parents these kids have! I guess you needed the village to help raise you! i had the military father and family raise me! learn more about the story and the school and town before your quick to call someone a loud mouth! I agree with sideliner!

These kids have grown up here most their lives. Lindsey attended that elementary school and knew that the roof was like an observatory and access to the top was easy as this was not the first time teens/adults have done this! It was too cold to think of having sex as one poster commented. Perhaps it was just part of being a sneaky teen who was a peer leader and she wanted to break away from that image and do something crazy without even thinking she could get killed! We take risks when we run red lights and barely stop at the stop signs and race through the yellow lights at the intersection! We are supposed to be responsible adults too! This tragedy has gotten into many kids heads and I saw it at the wake as well as in Church this afternoon. I have never seen a Church so packed for a funeral. The love and concern for one another is commendable and especially coming from the YOUTH!! These families have done excellent jobs considering how difficult it is to raise kids these days. Both parents work and have so little time to be with their kids so we make allowances that seem to most unreasonable (those perfect parents and those who have none but wrote the book on parenting!)because we are made to feel that we guilty if we don't! I can't imagine Mrs. Billman allowing any child freedom to do as they please. Kids are manipulative and most parents and teachers could write volumes on the smartest and best kids being manipulative! I had nearly a baseball team and the things my wonderful kids did would rattle your heads! I can't believe I lived through those years. I too have lost a child. It is so easy to blame and point fingers when we are so passionate about those we love--especially children. I have never known a child to have had as much community support as Lindsey. She is guilty of making a wrong decision and for as many people who have been on that roof I am surprised that it has taken this long for our community to witness the danger of skylites and how we need to secure the roofs of our schools/buildings better. WE ALL ARE GUILTY OF SOMETHING!! Let Lindsey rest in peace and remember to hug those you love more often.

With all due respect she was doing something she shouldnt have been and paid the ultimate price. I have no sympathy for her. Her parents failed to teach her properly. She snuck out of her house to be with a bay at 2 in the morning. She could not have been that good of a kid. I feel for the parents but they are partially to blame also. I repeat NO GOOD KID SNEAKS OUT OF HIS OR HER HUSE AT 2AM TO BE WITH A BOY!!!!

i feel sorry for the loss of lindsay

Rbb2 wrote:

With all due respect she was doing something she shouldnt have been and paid the ultimate price. I have no sympathy for her. Her parents failed to teach her properly. She snuck out of her house to be with a bay at 2 in the morning. She could not have been that good of a kid. I feel for the parents but they are partially to blame also. I repeat NO GOOD KID SNEAKS OUT OF HIS OR HER HUSE AT 2AM TO BE WITH A BOY!!!!

well I have no sympathy for you either may anything happen to a loved one of yours. My lindsey was a wonderful girl and never judged anyone. I did check on the girls right before I went to bed at 1:30 and they were watching movies but I needed to get up and work. Also good kids do sneak out of houses every kid has done it once in their life. So shame on you for judging my daughter when you didnt even know the story. The media is so great also they love to print information that is incorrect, So may God forgive you on those awful words you said in the post. I also hope you have no children or grandchildren, because never say never. Because it could happen to you or a loved one of yours, Also my husband and I raised Lindsey respectfully and openminded, and to be a wonderful young lady, So do not judge by what you hear. God is the only one that can judge, and god forgive you when its your day to be judged
Lindseys mom

Dear Linseys mom,
My heart and sole goes out to you. 3 weeks from today will be the one year anniversary that I lost my 17 year old daughter (also and honor role student) Jessica to a combination of a skylight, bad decision making and alcohol I am so very sorry for your loss heartbroken for you and the pain you must endure. You do not walk alone.
I pray for the people posting horrific judgements upon parenting skills when they were not with you the countless nights you probably spent nursing your daughter when she was sick, her first visit to the dentist, worrying about her as a teenager in todays world etc... Please correct me if I a wrong but were they in your living room since you daughter made her way in to the world?
Please find it in your heart to stay off these open forums that give people with too much time, an agenda and venum as place to cast thier stones. It is not going to help you heal.
You can contact me at whomadeyou5@aol.com.
Suzanne Savin

hi all, Computer died and I have been searching for local site that allowed locals to leave messages,addresses to connect with other locals like friends from class of 1962-where'd it go?
to all who see this HI-miss all since computer died.

Rbb2 wrote:

With all due respect she was doing something she shouldnt have been and paid the ultimate price. I have no sympathy for her. Her parents failed to teach her properly. She snuck out of her house to be with a bay at 2 in the morning. She could not have been that good of a kid. I feel for the parents but they are partially to blame also. I repeat NO GOOD KID SNEAKS OUT OF HIS OR HER HUSE AT 2AM TO BE WITH A BOY!!!!

So you are saying that you are perfect, and have never done anything wrong in your entire life. I hope you are not a parent, because your perfect kids will be pulling their hair out by the time they are 18. We all teach our kids right from wrong, and it is up to them to follow these guidelines or not. She made a mistake period. I am sure you have made some in your day. Oh I forgot you are perfect!!

All this wonderful talk about honesty and integrity is bullsh*t. Lindsey's mother, in another thread on this topic said they wouldn't be suing, and then four months later they turn around and sue the school for her daughters mischevious ways... well i guess we finally see the truth, don't we?

While it is a tragedy to loose a child, the bigger tragedy now is the fact that the parents are suing the school district which in fact was caused by the parents lack of responsibility to know where their child was at that hour of the morning.
The parents have no one to blame except themselves. The PJ school board should be the ones filing a law suit against these parents and the other teens parents for criminal trespass. Everyone is out for the free bucks when they are the only ones to blame. These kids were old enough to know right from wrong and now the parents are showing their ignorance by suing. Are they also suiing the family of the boy that was with her when it happened? Why not? He is just as guilty. Come on people, get real. Do not allow this to happen. All they see is free money and the stupid jurors figure it is the only way to get back at the insurance companies.