By Trina A. San Agustin
Variety News Staff

ACTING Superintendent of Education Kenneth Chargualaf yesterday said the 14-year-old who shot a fellow student on Friday with a pellet gun has been placed on a 10-day vacation.
The bullets from the gun were just plastic ones but if it were to hit someone in the eye, it could seriously injure a person, according to Chargualaf.
He said based on the information he got from the principal of Benavente Middle School, the 14-year-old shot at five or six other students who received injuries.
"The school leadership team and the school principal administered appropriate disciplinary action towards the student and we have notified the proper authorities regarding this situation," said Chargualaf.
Chargualaf said the school’s Discipline Advisory Council will hold a hearing before the student goes back to school, to determine whether he would be referred to the alternative education.
The acting superintendent also stated that the Guam Education Policy Board is working on a proposed policy which governs the authority to seize items such as pellet guns from the students.
"The primary intent of this policy is to ensure the general welfare and the safety of our students in our public schools. We recognize that we need to beef up our supervision in our school campuses, and that is one of the reasons why the board is taking a very keen interest in making sure that our students are provided with a very safe environment," he added.
The education board is set to meet at 6 tonight in the George Washington High School cafeteria, and members are expected to discuss the seizure policy.
"I invite the public to come and participate. We had a working session with the board yesterday with respect to this topic and it yielded very positive results. We are hoping that the board can adopt the seizure policy so we can provide them (students) with a safe environment," said Chargualaf.
Chargualaf, however, said that "no one can promise schools will be 100 percent safe."
"But at least we are coming up with ways and strategies to improve and beef up our safety policies for our students," Chargualaf said.