Everyone knows if a student wants a first floor locker, the first week of school means war.

Somewhere along the way, students began ignoring the locker assignments on their schedule sheets. It becomes a matter of who gets there faster.

While this first-come-first-serve method has been relatively effective throughout the years, it has also caused some trouble for both the students and administrators

Students always file complaints to administrators asking for their rightful lockers, and this year is no exception.

Senior Arman Sufi had to get the lock cut off from his assigned locker three times before he could claim it as his own because a different student persistently put a lock on his locker even after administrators cut it off.

“I was fortunate enough to get a locker on the first floor locker, kind of near the staircase, but there was already a lock on it,” said Sufi. “When the admin cut it off the third time, I could finally use my locker.”

But there are those who have gotten away with claiming a locker for their own without getting reported to the school.

“I use a locker but it’s not the one I was assigned,” said senior Kenny Ashley. “[I was assigned] something on the second floor, so I found an open one on the first floor.”

Ashley is just one of the many  students who have unofficially claimed first floor lockers.

“I took a random locker on the first floor because mine was on the third floor and I didn’t want to walk upstairs,” said junior Cayla Bermas.

Those students who were not as fortunate to claim a first floor locker often resort to stealing one.

“I don’t use my locker because it’s on the third floor and I don’t like walking there before and after classes,” said senior Emily Anderson.

A common problem for many students assigned third floor lockers is they find it more of a hassle than a convenience.

Consequently, the majority of the third floor lockers still remain unclaimed, as they have been for the past few years.

Contrary to the upperclassmen who are unhappy with their third floor assignments, many freshmen said they actually do not use their assigned first floor lockers.

“I got assigned a first floor locker but I don’t really use it that much because I don’t need to bring my textbook to school,” said freshman Kevin Chiang. “If I had gotten a third floor locker, I wouldn’t have used it.”

In light of such problem, many have been rallying for an “upperclassmen priority” on first floor lockers.

But administrators say locker have never been assigned based on grade level.

“The lockers are randomly assigned,” said attendance secretary Jenny Mead. “It is a misconception that upperclassmen get priority.”

Freshmen Dennis Fiorentinos agreed that  a system in which upperclassmen receive priority would be effective in assigning lockers.

“I think it already exists because freshmen are on the third floor, sophomore on the second, and so on,” said Fiorentinos. “So if it actually became a rule, it would be really effective. I wouldn’t mind walking a few more steps to the third floor.”