KLTA-TV reports that Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies were called to Don Juan Avila Middle School at about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and found the boy’s body on the campus.
The identity of the boy has not been disclosed.
The middle school and Don Juan Avila Elementary School, which shares the campus with the middle school, have been closed for the day. The schools are part of the Capistrano Unified School District.
Investigators are treating the death as an apparent suicide, department spokesperson Carrie Braun says.
Mike Kennedy has been writing about education for American School & University since 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.
