Elsinore Students Focus On Being Kind To Prevent Bullying

LAKE ELSINORE, 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 Lake Elsinore School District is among many across the nation focusing on the issue. For example, both Elsinore High School and David A. Brown Middle School have "kindness" themes for anti-bullying this month, in which they are promoting kindness as a deterrent to bullying behavior, according to District Spokesman Mark Dennis.

What's more, the district provides an opportunity for students or parents to report bullying here.

"Complaints of bullying will be investigated and resolved within 10 schools days of filing a complaint," the LEUSD site states.

For more information on programs within the Lake Elsinore Unified School District, visit the school district's website.

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