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Sacramento school district aims to prevent bullying

By Lindsay Weber

Sacramento school district aims to prevent bullying

October is National Bullying Awareness Month, giving an important reminder for students and parents that everyone should feel safe in school.One Sacramento school district is sharing resources to make sure students know how to report bullying.KCRA 3 spoke with Kyle Allen, who serves as Sacramento City Unified School District's bullying prevention specialist.Allen said the most common form of bullying is less visible -- cyberbullying. He said there are a few ways to combat it."Blocking things that are not favorable. If you have children on social media, please watch out, please block and report things that you see and monitor their action," Allen said.The district also takes a number of proactive steps to try to prevent bullying."We do a lot of intervention, a lot of assemblies, a lot of working with community leaders and giving the principals and alike the education on what bullying is," Allen said.The district also created an online resource for students to know what to do to report any bullying in the district.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter

October is National Bullying Awareness Month, giving an important reminder for students and parents that everyone should feel safe in school.

One Sacramento school district is sharing resources to make sure students know how to report bullying.

KCRA 3 spoke with Kyle Allen, who serves as Sacramento City Unified School District's bullying prevention specialist.

Allen said the most common form of bullying is less visible -- cyberbullying. He said there are a few ways to combat it.

"Blocking things that are not favorable. If you have children on social media, please watch out, please block and report things that you see and monitor their action," Allen said.

The district also takes a number of proactive steps to try to prevent bullying.

"We do a lot of intervention, a lot of assemblies, a lot of working with community leaders and giving the principals and alike the education on what bullying is," Allen said.

The district also created an online resource for students to know what to do to report any bullying in the district.

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