Someone reportedly altered a line in the yearbook, calling students in a predominantly black and Latino program the “future … trash collaters [sic] of tomorrow.”
Most believe "trash collators" was meant to say "trash collectors," and that the prank was racially charged, as the majority of students in the program are black or Latino.
The line, NBC Bay Area reported, was originally supposed to say "innovators of tomorrow."
Mark Coplan of the Berkeley Unified School District told NBC Bay Area that they had collected most of the yearbooks and were placing stickers with the originally intended words over the offensive phrase.
Administrators plan on returning the books to their rightful owners so the students will not loose each other's signatures, he said.
School officials are reportedly investigating who might have been behind this prank, and why the words were approved for publication after being changed. They said if they can find those responsible for the change they will face punishment.
BuzzFeed News reached out to Berkeley High School on Saturday, but no administrators were immediately available for comment.
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