During my time at Jessie Bethel High School the campus was new and grand. Instructors taught and put up with no nonsense. Extracurricular courses existed and if you took the AP (Advanced Placement) track chances of getting into a good college where high. Hearing about seniors applying to schools like Berkeley Stanford, or even Oxford and getting in was not uncommon.  There was a culture that developed amongst the diverse student body. Underclassmen where often mentored by the upperclassmen they emulated. Music and fashion fueled a lot at our school especially for preforming art students like my self. 

The unfortunate recent cuts by the district due to budget deficits have affected the standard of learning t my alma mater. I was fortunate enough to have graduated before the economic down turn, in 2007. When Vallejo was just a bed city where people lived comfortably and the majority of people worked out of town in the greater bay area. In early 2008 Vallejo went bankrupt and the rest of the nation took a financial hit shortly thereafter. 

Due to a conversion to a middle school one of three public high-schools in the city of Vallejo. Class sizes have increased and crowding has become a problem. The parking lot, and athletic courts have now become home to bungalows functioning as class room for the overflow of students. All in all education cutting edge education has flown out the window as the faculty of J.B.H.S. attempts to service to high schools worth of students with the resources of one.