Woodland Hills High School hands out laptops for online learning

Woodland Hills High School handed out laptops to students in need Friday as it gears up for online classes.

Many of the laptops were paid through by donations. from people and companies in and around the community

Principal Philip Woods said earlier this week that he was seeking to buy 700 laptops for his students so they can begin online instruction later this month.

Sophomore Silver Bassett picked up her laptop Friday. She said she’d rather be learning in a school environment, where she’d be forced to stay awake. Still, the online classes are the next best option.

“This will make things easier,” she said.

Since launching a fundraising effort March 27, the Woodland Hills School District has received thousands of dollars in donations from the community, Woods said at the time.

The nonprofit Woodland Hills Foundation said on its website that interested donors to make donations by giving to a PayPal “Chromebook Fund” account.

“All donations to the fund will go directly to the purchase of Chromebooks for high school students in our district who do not have their own computers,” said an announcement posted to the foundation’s website.