Fayette community to honor student with balloon release following suicide

Fayette community to honor student with balloon release following suicide

FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fayette community will hold a balloon release Saturday at Paige-Liberty Park to honor Zyairah Barney, a seventh grader at Fayette R-3’s Clark Middle School who died by suicide. Family members and friends said Barney had been experiencing intense bullying, which they claim was rooted in racism. They allege that students reported the behavior to school staff multiple times, but no action was taken. Barney’s mother also repo…