SRVUSD's Policy Aligns With National Bullying Prevention Month

DANVILLE, CA — October is National Bullying Prevention Month, meant to bring attention to the bullying problem and involve people nationwide in a conversation on how to create a world safe from bullying.

The San Ramon Valley Unified School District is among many across the nation working to address this issue. But for bullying prevention to work, everyone needs to be involved. Parents, guardians, coaches and community members too.

For its part, the SRVUSD does have a comprehensive policy in place that deals with bullying.

"District programs and activities shall be free from discrimination, including harassment, intimidation or bullying with respect to a sex, gender, gender identity or gender expression, ethnic group identification, race, ancestry, national origin, religion, color, physical or mental disability, marital or parental status, age or sexual orientation; the perception of one or more of such characteristics, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics," the policy states.

The policy continues, "The board also prohibits any form of retaliation against any student who files a complaint or report regarding an incident of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying."

Read the SRVUSD's full policy on bullying.

Looking for more information from the SRVUSD? Visit the district's Bullying Prevention portal.