Originally published by The River City Review inside the News-Ledger of West Sacramento on Sept. 25, 2002.

The Administration of Justice/Pre-Law Academy (A.J. Academy) went through some changes over the summer. Previously the Academy included physical education, English, and history classes. The administration has now eliminated this part of the program. This year Mr. O’Connor will teach a criminal law class during the first semester and a civil law class during the second semester. It is too late for the criminal law class but if you are going to need an elective second semester, the civil law class will be available.

Mr. Fonbuena’s A.J. class has also been changed to allow both juniors and seniors this year. Students can earn up to six units through Sacramento City College concurrently with River City credits. Mr. Pina explained that the A.J. Academy needs a larger enrollment as well as community/industry sponsorship similar to Intel’s sponsorship of the Engineering Academy in order to expand the program to learning activities such as field trips. Approximately 40 students were enrolled last year.

Mr. O’Connor and Mr. Pina will also be using this year to plan a new program for the A.J. Academy, which should be available during the 2003-04 school year. It will include an Emergency Services Program, which may include Emergency Medical Technician and Fire Control Technician information.

Editor’s Note: The Review is a high school publication at River City High School in West Sacramento, Calif., for which Daniel Wilson wrote and edited between 2000-2004. The stories published in this category appear in their original form with the only corrections being removal of hyphens for line breaks and the fixing of typos.