Cal High would give Goldilocks and the three bears a run for their money.

“Too hot, too cold” can only be heard so many times before students begin to wonder if classrooms on campus are possessed by some binge temperature virus.

Classrooms never seem to be at the right temperature and most students can quickly name at least one teacher whose room they dread because of extreme heat or cold during class.

“Mr. Mason has to stock up on blankets,” said senior Darrah Cooper. “The heating system does not work.”

Despite rumors that teachers purposely make their classrooms cold so that students abide to the school’s dress code, most teachers cannot control the thermostats in their rooms.

The school district controls the thermostats in all campus classrooms.

“The district has all the control,” said athletic director Arley Hill, who also oversees campus facilities. “If there is a room that is having temperature problems, I have to run the complaints by the district for their approval to change the settings.”

Most teachers do have the control to change the temperature in their rooms a few degrees by adjusting the classroom thermostat, but sometimes those seemingly minor changes result in more extreme temperatures.

“I only have a four degree range to change the temperature – 68 to 72,” said history teacher Chris Doherty, whose classroom is on the first floor of the main building.

But some students feel as if temperatures fluctuate more than that.

“The temperature is always too extreme,” said freshman Nikki Behrouz. “It’s either super hot or freezing.”

There is a possible reason for the district’s strict control over AC and heating settings.

“At Cal we are producing clean electricity from our solar panels. This time of year we are using more electricity than we are generating,” said AP Environmental teacher Brian Coburn. “Having the thermostat set lower in the winter and higher in the summer uses less electricity and consequently reduces air pollution.”

Conservation of energy is a factor of the limited room control.

But the constantly changing temperatures still pose a problem in classrooms, causing discomfort for teachers and students alike.

“The room temperature fluctuates a lot and never reaches and stays at the right level,” said Spanish teacher Jamie Brindley. “I just find it a little frustrating.”

Junior Jonathon Heng also believes the temperature always seems off.

“The temperature is never what it should be,” said Heng.

This problem does not occur only in the World Language building.

Other buildings on campus also have to deal with the drastic temperature changes and have no control over the setting.

“Fairly often students ask me to change the temperature,” Doherty said, “but I just tell them to do push-ups if they’re cold.”