CLARK

-- Members of the Plainfield High School girls basketball team reportedly

by the neck in a room they were given at a Clark school Saturday before a game.

Clark school officials said they would investigate the incident, which occurred when the Plainfield basketball players arrived at a classroom designated for the team at Arthur L. Johnson High School, according to the report.

"We have been made aware that a picture taken by the coach or a member of the Plainfield Girl's Basketball Team has been posted on social media of a puppet that was reportedly posed in a classroom located in the Clark Public Schools," Clark Superintendent Edward Grande said in a statement. "The Clark Board Education and the Clark Community does not condone any demonstrations of intolerance."

An image of the mannequin, with string around its neck, was shared on social media Saturday.

"That's disgusting," one comment posted on Instagram in response to the photo said.