ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- In 1995, 13-year-old Stephne Givens was fatally stabbed by a classmate during a fight. The incident happened just feet from the entrance to Jefferson Middle School.

After Stephne's death, the Given's family was represented by current Board of Education President, Van White. Her family believes that his experience with the loss of a city school district will help him with the Rowe case.

"From what I saw yesterday, Van is still standing for right," said Ruby Givens, Stephne's grandmother.

"I hope and pray that this is the result that Stephne would want, which is to be sensitive to victims of this kind of tragedy," said White. "I think they would desperately want us all to reconsider how we do our jobs so that there isn't another Trevyan or there isn't another Stephne," said White.

"They should have had someone out there noticing these kids fighting, you know, no one was there. Just like it was this kid, no one was there to stop him or bring him back," said Givens.

"Can we be every place at every time? No, but can we do our best to be there for our students? Yes," said White.

Givens' grandmother says that after Stephne was killed, the district was not forthcoming with the facts of what happened. She hopes that this time around is different for Trevyan's family.

"This time they don't have to fight, because they're coming out with the truth," said Givens.

In 2001, the Givens family was awarded $1 million after a jury found the Rochester City School District liable.

"I prayed for my children, everyday that they went to school 'Lord, shield them and protect them," said Givens.

"The principal that the Givens case stood for is that, you bear the responsibility, you're supposed to act like a reasonably prudent parent would under similar circumstances. So that applies in the Trevyan case, and that applied in the Stephne Givens case," said White.

Stephne's grandmother says that she would like to be able to meet Trevyan's family to provide support during this difficult time.

"How we got through it is depending and trusting in God, because it's not going to go away," said Givens.

"I can tell you this, being on the receiving end of a million dollar judgment, it's not going to be enough. But perhaps, knowing people were honest about how her son died, that is something that is priceless to her. That's at least my hope," said White.