The educators of Ayer Elementary in Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) began their continuous improvement journey in 2016. The stability of their underlying organizational conditions to engage in improvement work--a shared purpose, mutual trust, structures and resources that foster collaborative work, and preparation and mobilization of improvement capabilities--was put to the test as their focus pivoted in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This practice brief describes ways in which Ayer Elementary continued to invest in short- and long-term improvement practices to strengthen student engagement within the new learning environment of distance learning and in anticipation of strengthening staff capacity for when students return to school.