Complex sentence: There was unsurprisingly a lot of opposition among the student body and going into the 2014-2015 school year, the first year with the new mascot, there is a lot of confusion regarding the future of Telstar's mascot.
Split into simpler sentences: There was unsurprisingly a lot of opposition among the student body. Going into the 2014-2015 school year, the first year with the new mascot, there is a lot of confusion regarding the future of Telstar's mascot.