Get Help: Suicide Prevention and Other Resources

If you or someone you know needs help, please know that you are not alone. Crisis lines, counselors, intervention programs, and more are available to you, whether you are in crisis yourself or concerned about someone else. Here are some numbers to call for supports:

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 9-8-8, or 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
• Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Crisis Line: 1-800-991-5272
• Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741-741
• The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ Young People): 1-866-488-7386

The Panama-Buena Vista Union School Board recognizes the harmful effects of bullying on student learning and school attendance and desires to provide safe school environments that protect students from physical and emotional harm. District employees shall establish student safety as a high priority and shall not tolerate bullying of any student. No individual or group shall, through physical, written, verbal, or other means, harass, sexually harass, threaten, intimidate, retaliate, cyberbully, cause bodily injury to, or commit hate violence against any student or school personnel. Review Board Policies on Bullying.

The Board of Trustees is committed to supporting the safety and well-being of district students and desires to facilitate the prevention of and response to child abuse and neglect. The Superintendent or designee shall develop and implement strategies for preventing, recognizing, and promptly reporting known or suspected child abuse and neglect. Review Board Policies on Child Abuse Prevention and Reporting.

 

Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault: 661-327-1091

Kern County Family Justice Center: 661-868-8410

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233