Due to an overflow of students enrolled for the 2019-2020 school year, many classes have filled up to maximum capacity and some students are left unable to switch classes.

   According to a letter sent out by Vice Principal Alex Villalobos, in the first phase of class changes, a total of six teachers and their students were affected by this overflow. These teachers included English Teachers Susan Bristol, Aaron Pores, Anthony Pollard, and Ashley Franz, PE Teacher Jason Quillin, and Social Studies Teacher Eddie Hernandez.

    In order to open up more US History classes, and therefore accommodate student needs, Bristol’s first-period class was collapsed due to its small size. Pollard’s American Literature class went to. Bristol, Pores’ English tenth grade English class went to Pollard, Franz’s English class wet to  Pores, Quillin’s iHigh class went to Franz, and Hernandez’s P.E. class went to Quillin. Finally, Hernandez gained a new US History class. Some of Teacher Doug Welsh’s students also moved to Hernandez’s class as well.

    According to Principal Jeff Olivero, UC High enrolled approximately 45 more students than the District allocated teachers for. Due to the new allocation, in October, UC High will receive a new math teacher for phase two of the class changes.

   “When UC over-enrolled, it affected me and my carpool situation. We were originally supposed to both have a home first period, but once schedules came out, we realized this would not be a reality. Since the schedules could not be moved, we were not able to arrange this. Our carpool situation is now much more complicated and has impacted both of our lives in a negative way,” said Senior Orlena Morris.

  According to Senior Victoria Urquiza, although the overflow of students has not directly affected her, it has greatly impacted the JROTC program as a whole, because the schedules are so tight that students cannot be moved into other periods.

   According to Senior Jenny Lai, the JROTC instructors submitted twelve names to the counselors last year. These cadets were going to be given leadership positions in the five classes. When the school year started, ten of the cadets were all in the same sixth period ROTC class.

    According to Lai, due to the overflow of freshmen, ROTC’s first period is made up of almost all freshmen and sophomores, and ROTC’s sixth period is made up of almost entirely juniors and seniors.