Officials in Fairfax and Alexandria’s public school systems say they’re investigating an alleged racist incident at a high school football game on Monday.

The incident is the second in a month involving players at Fairfax high schools spitting on and using racial slurs against players from other districts.

During a junior varsity football game on April 5, a student from Fairfax’s James Robinson Jr. Secondary School spat on a student from T.C. Williams High School and called him a racial slur, according to a letter sent to students from T.C. Williams Principal Peter Balas on Tuesday. As a result, T.C. Williams’ coaches pulled their players off the field and left the game early, according to Washingtonian, which was the first to report the news.

“We have talked with students and coaching staff who were involved or witnessed the incident and have also been in touch with athletics staff at the school of the opposing team,” Balas wrote in the statement to students and parents. “The work that we have been doing in our school division on becoming an anti-racist school division means that we must confront these issues head-on and be unapologetic in addressing matters around racism and racial equity.”

Fairfax County Public Schools said in a statement that they were aware of the allegations and that they will hold anyone representing their schools accountable for their words and actions.

“Per Virginia High School League (VHSL) rules, players heard using such language will be ejected and suspended for additional game(s). Unsportsmanlike conduct will result in an immediate review of the game by officials and coaches,” the statement said. “We recognize that we have much work to do in our schools and will continue to strive to promote equity, sportsmanship, respect, and fair play on and off the field.”

In a statement, superintendent of Alexandria City Public Schools Gregory Hutchings Jr. says he’s working with Fairfax Public Schools to address the issue.

“These events in our schools continue to shine a light on the importance of our antiracism work…and the need for an open dialogue about how this impacts our students and their social, emotional and academic learning,” Hutchings said in the statement.

Alexandria City Public Schools will hold a meeting for all county high schools’ athletic teams and coaches to discuss appropriate behavior required for playing sports, per Hutchings.

Mike McCall, a spokesperson for the VHSL, said in a statement that neither T.C. Williams nor Robinson High School has sent an incident report and “until they do, we’re not involved.”

“We embrace our obligation to empathize, sympathize, listen, encourage dialogue, and support African American students, as well as student-athletes and activity participants of color, as we stand with them to end racial injustice in our country,” McCall told DCist/WAMU in a statement.

The VHSL Handbook states that schools must report unsportsmanlike conduct to the League and any “players and coaches who are ejected from a contest for unsportsmanlike conduct and are ineligible for the teams’ next contest…must sit out the next contest played by the same team.”

This is the second time in less than a month that a high school in Northern Virginia is investigating allegations of spitting and racial slurs. Last month, parents and students were outraged that it took two weeks for school officials to acknowledge a similar incident that occurred at a football game between Wakefield High School in Arlington and Marshall High School in Fairfax County on March 5. Several Black Wakefield students were spat on and called the N-word by Marshall students during the game.

After Wakefield players and parents took to social media to talk about the incident, Arlington School officials released a statement denouncing what happened. “The blatant acts of racism and disrespect towards the Wakefield players are completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated,” wrote superintendent Francisco Durán, in a letter to families.

VHSL is investigating the incident between Wakefield and Marshall High Schools.