face up to five days of suspension.

Chief Education Officer Joseph Christopher yesterday told The Royal Gazette the principal and deputy principal of Warwick Secondary were interviewing students to find out exactly what happened.

Last week more than four Warwick Academy students, ranging from ten to 16 years old, were waiting for the bus on the northern side of Middle Road around 4 p.m. when Warwick Secondary students in a bus -- which stopped to allow passengers off -- sprayed them with a fire extinguisher and threw eggs at them.

The students also threw the extinguisher, which weighed between five and ten pounds, at the students.

Warwick Academy principal Bernard Beacroft, who called the Police, said none of his students required medical attention. But he stressed that the "unprovoked'' incident could have been much worse, if the extinguisher had hit someone.

Mr. Beacroft said it was not the first time that students from the private school had been targeted by other students.

"This is a fairly persistent problem I'm afraid,'' he said, adding that he had written to Warwick Secondary principal Patricia Holder who was not available for comment yesterday.

And deputy principal Earl Hart would only confirm that "the investigation is ongoing''.

Dr. Christopher said once the investigations were completed, school officials will take the normal course of disciplinary action which was set out in the Code of Conduct.

The Code, which was released earlier this year, sets out what will happen to students who commit an act of violence.

It states that the administrator will: ask the student for an explanation; investigate the incident by questioning the student and staff members. The administrator may request assistance from the Police Department in conducting an investigation; inform the parent who will be requested to come to the school to discuss the incident; and impose a suspension of not more than five days.