Some Waihee School students couldn't do online portions of their studies Monday and some teachers lost valuable lesson plans after laptop computers valued at about $13,000 were stolen in classroom break-ins over the weekend, the Maui News reported.

"It's just unfortunate that our kids have to suffer, being that we're trying so hard to give kids a great education with innovative curriculum," said Waihee School Principal Leila Hayashida.

She said school officials were hoping to recover the laptops, which are believed to have been stolen between about 3 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday.

The stolen Apple MacBook laptops have State of Hawaii inventory tags and were labeled "Waihee School."

Anyone with information about the break-ins can call police at 244-6400 or Maui Crime Stoppers at 242-6966. Callers to Crime Stoppers remain anonymous and are given a code number.