“Everybody in Vermont was so amazing. Like, electric bill was forgiven, you know, gas bill was forgiven, cable. … People were so moved by this kid that was murdered in his own home,” DeOliveira-Longinetti said.
She said the federal government wiped out Kevin’s Stafford loan debts as well, but the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority – the source of nearly $19,000 in additional student loans – did not.
“Please accept our condolences on your loss… Monthly bill statements will continue to be sent to you,” DeOliveira-Longinetti read from the HESAA letter.
When she gets the bill in the mail, it’s a reminder that her son is dead and will not graduate, DeOliveira-Longinetti said.
“I know what a co-signing is. If it defaults, I’m responsible. I know that,” she said. “You’re not going to say to your kid, you can’t go to college because of $4,000.”
Earlier this month, an investigation by ProPublica and The New York Times looked at HESAA and quoted a lawyer who likened it to “state-sanctioned loan-sharking.” ProPublica reporter Annie Waldman interviewed dozens of borrowers including a cancer patient who lost his job and couldn’t repay his loans. HESAA sued him for $266,000.
Not BTS related but I don’t know how else to get attention. But basically the deaths of 2 high school students waiting at a bus stop caused by racing buses trying to get to passengers fastest caused a movement among the students of Bangladesh. Kids ranging from ages 7 to 18 are roaming the streets demanding better road safety protesting, controlling traffic and making sure all the cars were going the right way and that all drivers had licences. Teenagers did in 2 days what the government and trained police officers haven’t been able to do in 46 years. The streets of Bangladesh have never been so Clean and organized. Unfortunately the government haven’t been fond of people half their age taking control over the nation so they ordered police officers to beat up kids on the streets who were peacefully protesting. Young kids are getting hit with bats and are getting run over by trucks and the government is doing nothing. What’s worse is that they’re messing with our social media accounts to stop us from posting about what’s happening so that it doesn’t go international. We’re all trying desperately to get international attention so that the government will finally stop torturing innocent young kids who are fighting for a better nation. Teenagers are being kidnapped and people are being hired by people in power to stop us from speaking out about this. Please if you can spread this story on any social media platform you can Use the hashtag #wewantjustice and #wewantjusticeforbangladesh and tag news channels and people who can spread the word. Please. I know that this doesn’t really concern most of you but we are desperately in need of help.