Grief counselors are at a Seminole County middle school today after one of the school’s students was found dead on campus.

School district officials said the Greenwood Lakes Middle student was found dead on campus Wednesday night from an apparent suicide.

We’re told the school made a brief announcement to all students and will be sending letters home to parents this afternoon.

Nadine Weaver said when she heard the news, she came to pick up her daughter and take her back home.

“I just don’t know,” Weaver said. “It could be someone who she knows personally, and how I could I be at home and to leave her here, just not knowing.  I can’t do that, and I can only speak for myself.”

The school district released a statement saying in part, “Our thoughts and prayers are with the parents and family of the student as they deal with this tremendous personal loss.”

Meanwhile, a Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony at the school went on as scheduled and included school and Lake Mary city officials, including the mayor.

Father: Son was a bullying victim

The father of the eighth grader said it’s hard to believe his son is gone.

“He was something special.  He was something any man would be proud of to have as a son," said the father. 

News 13 is not identifying the father, nor the student who committed suicide.

The father said he believes his 14-year-old son was struggling after he was repeatedly bullied at the school.

He said his son was given detention after defending himself against an attack by another student late last week.

“I’ve spoken to the school a couple of times, and I asked them can you just please make these children stop.  And now my worst fear is now my worst reality.  And I don’t even know how to handle that,” said the father.

He said the 14-year-old was somehow able to take his gun from home, and apparently had it at school during the day on Wednesday before shooting himself later in the day inside the school.

So far investigators are not releasing much about what may have led to the student’s death.

Meanwhile, some parents said they weren’t immediately notified about the students’ death.  School district officials said they don’t have the capability of sending out one mass voicemail to all parents at once.

An announcement was made at the beginning of the school day for students, and the school district did send letters home to parents and through an online message system. The school district also posted a message on its social media sites Thursday.

School district officials say grief counselors will be at the school for long as students need them as they deal with the student’s death.