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The Martin County School District says a photo showing a group of six students holding up a letter to spell out a racial slur in front of a school is authentic.

"Complete shock," said district spokeswoman Jennifer DeShazo, on Tuesday afternoon.

A parent of a student at Hidden Oaks Middle School in Palm City first reported the photo to the school district.

Caption: School district to determine what to do with students behind racist photo, Denise Sawyer reports, May 17, 2022. (WPEC)
The photo is of six middle school students posing with large, colorful letters spelling out the N-word. Screenshots of the post began circulating within hours on Facebook.

DeShazo said the students involved could face the highest level of punishment possible under the student code of conduct, a punishment that could extend into next year.

"We don't tolerate this," said DeShazo.

The district said the photo came from an annual art project involving 3D letters from the names of students. In this incident, the students rearranged the letters to spell out the racially insensitive word.

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