Yeah...We 'aged' the girls, Karen, Melody, & Gloria just a bit to have more female characters, since Beatrice was removed from the story (went to pre-med HS)....Angie, who was already 'big' we left alone....And in fact is the only one in the story (besides Eunice) that's not going with somebody. At the end of Chapter 2, Lola was written out, going to Detroit to join back up with Johnny Vincent.
Being as we are nearing the end of the main story, and the end of the school year, no more newbies are coming on the scene. I think that should be saved for 'NES Endless Summer', to follow afterwards.