MERCED, Calif. – Merced school district officials are apologizing to parents and “making corrections” to school policy after several school employees created a video of a fake school shooting for rivalry football game against another high school.

Buhach Colony High School staff members, including the principal, recently participated in a spoof video of a battle against students from Atwater High School, in which administrators donned superhero costumes and a toy gun, the Merced Sun Star reports.

The 2-minute video was posted on YouTube last week and district superintendent of human resources Stacy McAfee issued a statement about the incident Thursday.

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“Merced Union High School district immediately addressed the release of the school rivalry video posted by Buhach Colony and had it removed from the media site,” McAfee wrote. “We apologize for the impact the video has had on the community and want to ensure everyone that the video does not support or endorse school violence. This issue is being addressed through the personnel office.”

The most controversial aspect of the video depicts school security officer Kathy Cometta in a golf cart with a large toy gun. She shoots down the teens playing Atwater High students with machine gun sound effects before the students fall over and pretend to die.

“Cometta is then seen pretending to blow smoke from the gun’s tip,” the Sun Star reports.

“They did not follow policy because our policies state that they are not to have any weapons on campus, even fake ones,” district trustee Ida Johnson told the news site.

MUHSD board president Dave Honey called the video “a big mistake.”

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Other board members were also upset about the video.

“How am I going to explain to my kids, it’s not okay for you to do this, but it’s okay for others to do this?” trustee William Snyder told CBS. “What was more disturbing was the school staff and the people participating in the video.”

Students and parents, however, don’t seem to be taking the spoof video nearly as seriously.

“I think it was more of a joke to get us fired up,” student Francisco Gloria told CBS.

“I think it’s all in fun, but in light of recent events I can see how it can be taken in poor taste,” parent Genny Mesa said. “I think if we just take a deep breath and enjoy it a little bit, it’s all in fun.”

District officials told the Sun Star that school employees featured in the video, including principal Steve Hobbs, met with personnel officials late last week, but it remains unclear whether any will face disciplinary action.

Trustee Dora Crane said she expects the episode will result in changes to district policy.

“I’m confident they are making the corrections needed to make sure nothing like this happens again,” Crane told the Sun Star. “I want to assure parents that we are working on it, not just at the site level but at the district level.

“We need to make our apologies, we need to take care of it internally, look at our polices and then move forward.”