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Anti-Bullying Board Policy 5145.10 and Anti-Bullying Admin Regulation 5145.10
Anti-Bullying Board Policy 5145.10
Original Adopted Date: 06/02/2011
Last Revised Date: 06/23/2022
Last Reviewed Date: 06/23/2022
School Climate and Bullying Prevention
School safety isn鈥檛 just about addressing problems that arise, it鈥檚 also about supporting student mental health and providing education to prevent conflict in the first place. Learn about how to keep your student safe at school and online, as well as how to report bullying with our bullying prevention resources.
Contact the Bullying Prevention Specialist
We encourage parents, guardians, or other individuals concerned about bullying, to first report suspected bullying behavior to their school site administrator (principal).
Cyberbullying and Social Media Safety
Given the power of social media to provide instant and far-reaching communication, it can be easy to 鈥渂lame technology鈥; however, it is a social problem. Parents and caregivers must know when it is appropriate for their child to open and use social media accounts.
What can parents and caregivers do to protect their students on social media?
Report Bullying Behavior
Bullying behavior that involves student to student aggression may be reported to any SCUSD employee or administrator verbally or in writing. We encourage parents, guardians, or other individuals concerned about bullying, to first report suspected bullying behavior to their school site administrator (principal).
Preventing Bullying: Social & Emotional Learning at SCUSD
Click here to learn more about how SCUSD is working to infuse Social & Emotional Learning into all schools to help prevent bullying and build student readiness for lifelong success!
What is Bullying?
Bullying is an unwanted aggressive act that includes each of the following components:
- intent to do harm
- repeated over time
- an imbalance of power
Bullying is defined in the SCUSD Board Policy and Administrative Regulations as any severe or pervasive physical or verbal act(s) or conduct, including electronic communications committed by a pupil(s) that has, or can be reasonably predicted to have, the effect of one or more of the following:
- reasonable fear of harm to person or property
- substantially detrimental effect on physical or mental health
- substantial interference with academic performance
- substantial interference with the ability to participate or benefit from school services, activities, or privileges