More than 300 Palomar College students receive free computers and food

SAN MARCOS – Students lined up in their cars and on foot to pick up their free computer from Palomar College during a limited-contact distribution Wednesday, March 18. In all, 344 students received computers that will help them take online courses as the college transitions to remote delivery of courses starting Monday, March 30.

This opportunity for Palomar's students was enabled by a leadership gift from Darlene Shiley, in partnership with the nonprofit Computers2Kids in San Diego.

So many cars lined up to get into the distribution point in the front parking lots of the college that, at one...