District officials are investigating claims a group of high school students harassed peers during last week’s Day of Silence.

On Friday,17 April, parents and students contacted Channel 11 News (WPXI-TV) voicing concerns about a group of students from McGuffey High School in Washington County, located near Pittsburgh.

The youngsters allegedly organized an ‘Anti-gay Day.’ They spread the news of the day by wearing flannel shirts and writing the phrase on their hands.

One student, Zoe Johnson, spoke to Channel 11.

‘Yesterday [16 April] there was pushing, posters hung on homosexual students’ lockers. Teachers were having to run out and take them down,’ Johnson said.

The district released a statement.

‘McGuffey School District, along with school police officers, continue to investigate all allegations,’ Superintendent Erica Kolat said in a release, as reported by Channel 11.

‘We will follow our Student Code of Conduct, and file legal citations, as warranted,’ Kolat continued.

Below is the Channel 11 report: