A 13-year-old student  was taken into custody Friday at the Sylmar Detention Center after he allegedly made Facebook threats, officials said.

The Placerita Junior High student threatened to bring guns to the school on the social media site, according to Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials.

The student was detained around 5 p.m. Friday and taken into custody.

When questioned by deputies, the child reportedly admitted to the threats, but didn’t identify a specific target or give a plausible reason, according to Sheriff’s Station officials.

“It didn’t appear that there had been any attempt to carry out any type of assault,” said Sgt. Dan Stanley of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

Deputies believe the student was acting alone, and no one was hurt in the incident.

Officials with the Hart district, which oversees Placerita Junior High School, said every incident of this nature is taken “very seriously.”

“If there’s a threat of violence, we have a threat assessment team,” said Kathy Hunter, director of student services for the Hart district. “We work directly with law enforcement and sometimes, with the Department of Mental Health, and the school (the student attends), and we do a full evaluation of the student and family situation and determine whether or not there’s an actual risk for the student to return to the campus or not.”

“Everyone takes their stake in the process very seriously,” Hunter said, adding no one wants to be the person who incorrectly assessed a threat as a prank.

There were two high-profile incidents last year involving Santa Clarita Valley high school students, one at Golden Valley High and one at Canyon High.

A 15-year-old Golden Valley High School student is due back in court May 15 regarding those charges.

Hart district officials said they couldn’t comment on specifics regarding the students because they were minors. However, records indicate one student was expelled as a result of threats made last year.

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials have given several presentations on the dangers of unregulated social media or online activity by children.

This recent incident is under investigation by COBRA detectives with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

Reports indicate the Santa Clarita Valley has a higher than average number of reports for Los Angeles County.

A presentation on parents and monitoring online activity by Deputy Josh Dubin — one of several offered to parents recently as a partnership between the Sheriff’s Department, the city of Santa Clarita and the William S. Hart Union High School District — focused around two main concepts:

“Principle No. 1, you are the parents, you pay the bill, you own the phone, tablet or computer, and therefore you have the right and the responsibility to be a responsible watchdog,” Dubin said. “Principle No. 2:  Get out of denial and learn to check up on your kids.”

Students dealing with bullying behavior can contact school officials, and there’s also several a local nonprofit that addresses issues associated with bullying.

The Santa Clarita Valley Youth Project encourages youth to deal with the concerns they face daily and to avoid high-risk activities such as drug use, unsafe sex, peer influence, truancy and running away, according to officials.

SCV Youth Project services include on-site individual and family therapy, case management, as well as crisis response, a self injury support Group and One on One Mentoring. Their campus outreach team works daily with students, school counselors and administrators on our high school campuses.

To learn more about the SCV Youth Project and how to help, call (661) 257-YOUTH or visit their website: www.helpnothassle.com.