text: A mother is demanding $300,000 from a school claiming her son would rather commit suicide than face his bullies. Ashley Shupe claims Kaiden, eight, has tried to choke himself, throw himself from a height, and stop eating. It was a reaction, she claims to repeated 'taunting, bullying and physical assault' inflicted by one student in his class at Oakmont Elementary School in Dickson County, Tennessee, for more than a year since Spetember 2013. Distraught: Ashley Shupe says her eight-year-old son Kaiden (pictured together) is suicidal after being bullied . Police: After the latest alleged attack, Shupe took these pictures of Kaiden's injuries and filed a police report . Eventually, in March this year, Shupe filed a police report against the child when Kaiden allegedly came home with a swollen and bruised head, bruises on his knees, and scratches. According to the lawsuit, filed last month, Kaiden was diagnosed with clinical depression in October 2013, a month into the alleged attacks. Despite notifying the school, Shupe says they continued to let the children interact. By April 2014, she claims, Kaiden began to display 'odd behaviour'. Anger: Shupe is demanding $300,000 for the school district's negligence in protecting her son . He tried 'to choke himself' and warned 'he may harm himself', the suit, read by The Tennessean, states. In a lawsuit, Ms Shupe accuses the school of failing to adequately protect her child despite witnessing the attacks and being notified that Kaiden had been diagnosed with depression. The school, she says, agreed to formally separate the children in April 2014, but that was not adhered to.
target: Ashley Shupe says Kaiden tried choking himself and jumping from a height .
  He 'has been diagnosed with depression after two years of bullying'
  Shupe filed police report after latest 'attack' left him Kaiden bruised face .
  In a lawsuit against the school she says they failed to protect her son .