A burglar or burglars broke into a Bixby Knolls classroom during the school’s winter break and stole thousands of dollars worth of electronics, according to authorities.

The burglary at Barton Elementary School was discovered around 11 a.m. Thursday, according to the Long Beach Police Department. After getting a call about the break-in, officers headed to the school on Del Amo Boulevard near Orange Avenue.

“Initial investigation found that a classroom in the school had been burglarized and school property had been stolen,” Lt. James Richardson said.

The perpetrator or perpetrators got away with about $18,000 worth of electronics, police said.

Authorities are still investigating. They didn’t have any details on possible suspects or how they got into the school.

School officials couldn’t be reached Thursday. The district is on winter break until Jan. 7.

Jeremiah Dobruck is executive editor of the Long Beach Post where he oversees all day-to-day newsroom operations. In his time working as a journalist in Long Beach, he’s won numerous awards for his investigative reporting and editing. Before coming to the Post in 2018, he wrote for publications including the Press-Telegram, Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times. Reach him at [email protected] or @jeremiahdobruck on Twitter.