The homecoming parade is a time of joy for all the classes to see their hard work displayed in front of everyone as the floats roll past excited onlookers.

But it seems that  the junior class has managed to run into more than its share of problems the past two years.

As freshmen, and then again as sophomores, the class of 2017 found itself facing a float gone wrong. The trucks always seem to fail, one way or another.

Last year there was a big truck dilemma, as one of the trucks got stuck in Fairfield. The parade had to leave one class’ float behind, and the sophomore’s float ended up being that one.

Even though their float didn’t make it to the parade, the class posted pictures of their float on Twitter so everyone could see the students’ hard work.

Two years ago, the company that was used to display floats ordered the wrong truck size, and the freshmen got stuck with the smallest. Therefore the float design had to be quickly changed to fit the new size. They did the best they could with the few days given to accommodate this change.

The end product made it into the parade, but it was only half the size of all the surrounding floats.

Not everyone believes the companies are at fault. Bad things can happen even when there isn’t anyone to blame.

However, when something does go wrong and several groups are involved, it seems that the class of 2017 is always left with the short end of the stick

There have been a few theories as to why this keeps happening to the Class of 2017.

“It is bad luck of the draw,” said junior Shaelah Burke.

The juniors hope their luck changes with this year’s trucks, which will be driven and donated by a Cal High parent.

Many students come together and put a lot of effort into these floats. Most of the parade is student run, and works in large part due to the input of the students.

“It is so relieving,” said junior Alanah Winston. “You are really proud of yourself and all the workers.”

When students put so much time and effort into working on these floats, all those who contributed deserve to have their work shown off to everyone.

The event that was supposed to make them  happy, excited and proud should not have made them angry or disappointed

Getting to see the final product is a great reward in itself, but 2017 deserves to show off their work to the rest of the school just as every other class does.

And if not this year, 2017 has one more chance their senior year to finally get it right.