Without computers, students worried the future of their major could be in jeopardy because they said that has happened at the school before.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Students at Benson High School in Portland are upset after someone stole thousands of dollars worth of computer equipment over the weekend.

When students in the computer science program arrived Monday, they did not get to have class as normal. Someone stole that opportunity from them.

“I was just super disappointed,” said Erick Tonroy, a Benson High School Sophomore.

“I was so in shock,” echoed sophomore Anais Cahen.

Shock and disappointment are what many students are now feeling after someone broke in and ripped out hardware from all 24 computers, making them unusable.

“It was kind of surreal,” explained junior Carsan Hofelt. “I walked in on Monday morning, I saw everyone was huddled around in the center of the room, so I was confused. Walked in, wow, all of the valuable parts of the computers are gone.”

“A little bit of confusion and then just anger, I was so so angry to walk into the classroom and see all the stuff taken, that I don't understand what makes someone want to do that,” said junior Caedmon Braun.

Portland Police are looking into the theft, but there is no suspect information at the moment. About $40,000 worth of computer equipment was stolen.

“Now, we can't really do anything cause no computers, no class, like what are we supposed to do?” Cahen asked.

Without computers, students worried the future of their major could be in jeopardy because they said that has happened at the school before.

“We were going to be architecture majors originally and our program got cut,” explained sophomores Briton Grimm and Vanessa Doimas.