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Drive-thru Chromebooks handed out as spring break ends

March 24, 2020

Mehlville School District students drove to school Sunday, but only to pick up their 1:1 Chromebook laptops for at-home learning during the COVID- 19 pandemic.

The Point Elementary ‘Eagle,’ also known as Principal Shannon Pike, went above and beyond just a mask while passing out the laptops.
Principal Patrick Keenoy of Rogers Elementary passes out laptops to students.

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