TikTok Trouble: Viral Trend Encouraging School Vandalism Reaches Sacramento Region

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ELK GROVE (CBS13) – A viral TikTok inclination has made its mode into schools crossed the country, including successful Northern California.

The hashtag situation #deviouslicks encourages students to grounds themselves stealing and vandalizing schoolhouse property, past station it connected the societal media app.

School districts including Elk Grove Unified are reminding students that stealing and vandalism are crimes.

Aeyla Buno is simply a sophomore astatine Franklin High School successful Elk Grove and knows of the challenge.

“I’ve seen it connected TikTok,” Buno said.

The hashtag was removed from TikTok for violating guidelines, but with students spelling the hashtag somewhat differently, the trends continued to summation momentum successful the classroom, and students crossed Northern California are taking part.

“To me, it’s inactive stupid. You’re signaling yourself, it’s similar evidence,” said Ed Buno, Aeyla’s parent. “Stop, this is simply a spot of learning, you’re expected to respect it.”

CBS13 obtained an email sent retired by Franklin High School Principal Chantelle Albiani, explaining to parents, successful part:

“We had to adjacent restrooms past week owed to the vandalism.”

An email besides went retired to Mesa Verde High School successful Citrus Heights. Their administrative squad wrote:

“Unfortunately, this inclination has deed MVHS successful the signifier of theft, breached items and vandalism crossed our campus.”

And pictures of Pleasant Grove High School bathrooms person surfaced arsenic well.

“It’s disrespectful due to the fact that you cognize the teachers and the unit enactment their ain wealth into this to effort and marque this look nice. When you bargain this, you’re putting much accent connected them,” said Aeyla Buno.

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Elk Grove Unified said its principals are gathering connected this substance time to sermon further enactment and are informing students that these actions whitethorn person existent superior transgression consequences.