At 6:30 a.m., Friday morning, teachers and staff of Untalan Middle School found that 12 classrooms, along with offices and storage rooms had been hit. 

"As my staff had arrived, they had noticed a possible attempt break-in and immediately contacted me," Untalan principal, Agnes Guerrero said.

Thankfully, nothing of major value was taken, but the school was left with signs of attempted entry such as the door screw hinges being shaved off. 

"They tried to go into the classrooms and of course the windows had broken into and doors were open, ajar, left ajar," Guerrero said. 

 The Guam Police Department was contacted and arrived shortly after. Guerrero was unable to release the details of what the vandals took, but she did reveal that some personal items were stolen. With the campus being compared to a second home, she says they can't help but feel like their space has been invaded, but they are resilient.



"We just take on and accept what had happened, come together, and just come up with some possible solutions and moving forward and sticking together," she said. "You know, being there for each other and that's always been how we are as a school, our culture."

The day was filled with meetings which included the school safety committee and a PTA meeting later in the day to come up with solutions on how to build a stronger, more secure campus. Guerrero says they wish they could have a foot patrol, but the funding source just isn't there. A fence may surround the campus, but obviously, that didn't stop the thieves. Guerrero is now calling on the eyes and ears of the community.

"For those who are not residents of Barrigada, but in other villages, you're passing by the school, you're going to work late at night/early morning hours- whatever it may be, and you see anything suspicious please call the Guam Police Department," she said. "You never know that you can be a witness to something that's about to occur."

With no security cameras at the campus, it's still unclear as to who may have broken in. And this isn't the first time this has happened. Just two years ago, staff members discovered the smell of smoke filling the campus along with classrooms vandalized, and five years before that, about one dozen classroom windows were smashed with what was assumed to be a hammer.

"Even during this time, we're supposed to be helping each other in a time of need, and not going against each other," Guerrero said. "When you break into the school, you're breaking into the homes of many of our faculty, staff, and students."

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Guam Police Department.