Jefferson high school students have been preparing for months to compete at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo’s Junior Pitmaster Challenge next weekend.

ALAMO HEIGHTS, Texas – A viral video allegedly involving several Alamo Heights High School students is forcing district officials to respond to the incident. In the video, one of the teens can be heard using a racial slur. People have reposted the video on social media, asking the district to take action. Alamo Heights ISD officials released the following statement:"In AHISD, we are firmly rooted in our core values of humility, empathy, courage, resilience and dignity. Racial slurs and posting racial slurs online shows a lack of understanding regarding the pain and hate that language like that causes.