There is a proposal to eliminate zero period in the upcoming 2025-2026 school year at Mira Costa High School. Zero period is being limited to 2 zero periods per department at Mira Costa. Many departments, due to fairness, are choosing not to have any zero periods at all. This is detrimental to students' schedules, especially those who are student-athletes. Most practices for school sports occur during sixth period. Therefore, students have been taking zero periods for years to try to take all of the classes that they wish to take, while also fulfilling the basic academic requirements. This proposal takes this opportunity away from students, causing lots of tension, and possibly putting electives and foreign language class credits at risk. Students and parents of students at Mira Costa can help this issue by signing this petition to try to stop this decision from taking place and save the students at mira costa from haveing a jeprodized schedule.