Emily Feskens, a registrar at Barbara Roberts High School, hands out two Chromebooks to Nadie Cruz of Salem during a distribution event at McKay High School on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
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McKay High School was a magnate for families Thursday as the Salem-Keizer School District handed out Chromebooks. The response was so strong at all the area high schools that school officials had to call in more help.
The laptops, available free to any Salem-Keizer student, are part of a plan to transition kids in Oregon’s second-largest school district to remote classes in coming weeks.
Any student could pick one up Thursday and the effort will be repeated again Friday, from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., at all six high schools.
Families wait in a line for walk-up Chromebook distribution during an event at McKay High School on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Angel Gallardo takes two Chromebooks from instructional assistant Marissa Vraafladt during a distribution event at McKay High School on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Instructional assistant Kelly Peterson hands out Chromebooks to the families of students at McKay High School on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Special to Salem Reporter)
Robine Sponski directs traffic outside of McKay High School during a Chromebook distribution event on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
People practice social distancing while waiting in line at McKay High School to pick up Chromebooks on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
A line of traffic waits on Lancaster Drive during a Chromebook distribution event at McKay High School on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Scott Coons and Marissa Vraafladt pass out Chromebooks to waiting cars during a Chromebook distribution event at McKay High School on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Families wait in a line for walk-up Chromebook distribution during an event at McKay High School on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Instructional assistant Araceli Avilez loads a stack of Chromebooks into a vehicle during a Chromebook distribution event at McKay High School on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
