Editing Head of the Class (section)

===Season 4 (1989&ndash;1990)===
The fourth season saw some significant changes to the cast of characters. Maria went to a performing arts school, Jawaharlal moved to California, and Janice went to Harvard as a sophomore. Several new characters took their place: Alex Torres ([[Michael DeLorenzo]]) was a Hispanic athletics student whose specialty was history, portrayed as having an eye for the ladies. Although Alex seemed attracted to Darlene particularly, both he and Eric competed for the affection of Simone and another new IHP student, the blonde hippie Viki Amory (Lara Piper). Another new character was aspiring filmmaker Aristotle McKenzie ([[De'voreaux White]]). T.J. Jones ([[Rain Pryor]]), a recurring character since the third season, joined the IHP in the fourth season (a remedial student with a streetwise attitude, T.J. was found to be smart enough to join the IHP). Also, the character of Jasper Kwong ([[Ke Huy Quan]]) was added to the IHP class late in the season. The season also showed them film a two-part episode at the [[NASA Johnson Space Center]] in [[Houston, Texas]]. The students' final year of high school was split over seasons four and five. Howard Hesseman left the show after the fourth season. As Hesseman noted in a 1989 interview, "We're not doing the show that I was led to believe I'd do, and it's difficult for me to get off that."<ref name="ChiTrib89">{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Luaine |title=Hesseman Gives "Head of the Class" a Low Grade |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-08-16-8901050097-story.html |access-date=10 May 2021 |work=chicagotribune.com}}</ref>