Earths Magnet School distributes Chromebooks to students for online distance learning

Conejo Valley Unified School District will resume instruction during the coronavirus outbreak through its online learning program.

Max Rodriguez, 11, a 5th grader at EARThS (Environmental Academy of Research Technology and Earth Sciences) Magnet School in Newbury Park, receives a Chromebook from principal Jeff Rickert. At right is his mother Myrna Lebanon. Around 75 chromebooks were issued to students for free at a drive thru and and walk up area in front of the school, to be used for online instruction, starting on Monday, March 30, 2020, as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

Max Rodriguez, a fifth-grader at the Environmental Academy of Research Technology and Earth Sciences, or Earths Magnet School, in Newbury Park, receives a Chromebook at a drive-through area in front of the school Wednesday. At right is his mother, Myrna Lebanon. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

March 26, 2020 6 AM PT

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Conejo Valley Unified School District elementary schools will officially resume next week through their online distance learning program. For students who do not have access to a computer at home, Chromebooks were issued at elementary schools Wednesday.

Chromebooks distributed to students for distance learning

Computer technicians Rosemary Wineman, right, and Jeff Bass, prepare Chromebooks to be checked out to Earths Magnet School students. Around 75 Chromebooks were issued to students for free Wednesday. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Jeff Rickert,principal of Earths Magnet School, hands a Chromebook to second-grader Andrew Shah, 8, riding in the car with his mother, Joy Shah. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Principal Jeff Rickert prepares the Chromebook distribution area at Earths Magnet School. Starting Monday, instruction will resume via distance learning during the coronavirus outbreak. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Computer tech Jeff Bass helps distribute Chromebooks to students at the drive-through area in front of Earths Magnet School. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Jeff Bass hands a Chromebook to fifth-grader Jennifer Sandoval, 10. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Allison Glenn puts on gloves while waiting in her car to pick up a Chromebook for her 6-year-old daughter, Averie, a first-grader at Earths Magnet School in Newbury Park. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Denise Young looks on as her 9-year-old daughter, Allison, a fourth-grader at Earths Magnet School, receives a Chromebook. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Allison Glenn sits inside her car at a drive-through Chromebook distribution area in front of Earths Magnet School in Newbury Park. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Principal Jeff Rickert hands a Chromebook to Earths Magnet School student Miguel Botello, 8, with his mother, Antonia Botello. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Computer tech Jeff Bass hands a Chromebook to Carol Kammerer for her 8-year-old daughter, Juliet Woythal, in the back seat. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Fourth-grader Sarah Mahmood, 10, with her mother, Maram Mahmood, receives a Chromebook from Jeff Bass at Earths Magnet School. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)