Cutting Classes at Lawndale High

One interesting thing about Lawndale High School is that over a five-year period (three years in "Lawndale time") we see a lot of Daria and Jane's classmates, and some of Quinn's classmates, but nothing at all (as far as I know) of the students in grades before or after them. Where are the juniors and seniors of seasons one and two? Where are the freshmen and sophomores of season five and Is It College Yet? We do see the soon-to-be freshmen that Daria and Jane escort through school in "Boxing Daria,"and a few students who long ago graduated, but that's about it.

There are a few possibilities for older students. Andrea mentioned having a brother named Damien in her "Gothic Nights" comic in The Daria Database; though she gave herself a name other than her own, one could assume Damien exists since she named and modeled other characters in her strip after her classmates. Jesse Moreno has a younger brother named Danny, according to The Daria Database; Danny is in charge of Mystik Spiral's fan club and puts out the club newsletter. Jesse and Trent Lane should be about the same age, as they were classmates, so Danny is under 21 in seasons one and two and possibly just a grade or two ahead of Daria.

Certainly, some of the Lawndale Lions football players should be from upper and lower grades, though for some reason all the cheerleaders are in Daria's grade (as they all go to Great Prairie State together after leaving high school, per Is It College Yet?). Perhaps some of the once-mentioned-but-never-seen characters in the series are upper- or lowerclassmen, like Teddy Wozniak, of whom Brittany daydreams in "Life in the Past Lane." (Teddy could be of any grade level from 9-12, since Daria & co. are seniors in the fifth season.)

Depictions of older students are hard to find, since most of the background students seen in the TV series appear in either Daria's classes or Quinn's. One would have to carefully search through screen shots to pick out students who don't appear anywhere else but in the hallways. True, I know the animators weren't thinking about this when they did the series, but mining information can be fun!