A Long Island school district said it is investigating another inappropriate photograph of students less than a week after several high school seniors posted Twitter photos showing them wearing T-shirts spelling out the word "rape."
Commack School District officials released a statement Tuesday saying the new photograph "depicts a word that is in clear violation of our Code of Conduct." It did not say what word was used, but a photo sent to NBC 4 New York by a concerned parent showed the shirts spelled out a vulgar reference to the female anatomy.
According to Newsday, the district said it would take "all necessary steps to investigate and address the issues surrounding these actions."
School officials declined to comment further.
The announcement comes several days after seniors at Commack High School posted the initial photos. The district said the students could face legal and disciplinary action for posting the pictures.
Classmates said they were in class last week.
The photos were taken at the high school’s varsity field, moments after seniors had posed for their class photo, according to school officials.
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The photos were removed from Twitter before the start of school Friday.
“They feel terrible. They apologized to everyone they hurt,” said friend Ryan Elgar, who said they were “athletes and good students” who made a mistake.
“They weren’t intentionally trying to promote rape," he said. "They just thought it might be funny at the time.”
The high school's principal condemned the initial photos in a loudspeaker message, according to one student. But senior Ali Salam said some of his classmates believe it was much ado about nothing.
