Minkus as we all know was the nerdy kid from season one. He doesn't appear in the second season with no mention at all (until the end of season five when it turns out he was around all along just over in the other side of the school). Alvin was anerdy character who appeared four or five times in season two. Do you think this could have been Minkus but since the role was so limited they decided to make it another character as not to demean Lee Norris to appear in only a few episodes when needed as opposed to being a regular cast member?

I could be rambling but everytime I see Alvin, I think how that could have been Minkus.