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Passionate teachers - and a slightly tone-deaf principal - are determined to help their students succeed.
duration: 21 minutes
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A workplace comedy following a group of dedicated, passionate teachers - and a slightly tone-deaf principal -as they navigate the Philadelphia public school system.
Cast
Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, Sheryl Lee Ralph, William Stanford DavisPassionate teachers - and a slightly tone-deaf principal - are determined to help their students succeed.
Going against everyone's advice, Janine takes it upon herself to fix every problem herself when she notices a flicking light bulb in the hallway.
The teachers ask the local community for new school supplies. Janine encourages Gregory to decorate his classroom.
When a new computer program is introduced at Abbott, Janine is excited to finally help Barbara with something.
After a negative teacher review, Janine gets a confidence boost when a student gets transferred from Melissa's class into hers.
Janine convinces Ava to start a gifted program at Abbott led by Jacob; Barbara pushes a hesitant Melissa to start dating again.
Janine is thrilled when her best friend from college is hired as the art teacher.
After Jacob reveals a detail about his personal life, Janine realizes she doesn't know the other teachers as well as she thought.
Ava asks Janine to help her teach the after-school step class, but they don't agree on how to run the program.
Janine prepares to meet her struggling student's mother during open house, while the rest of the faculty uses the time to relax.
When the students start participating in a new online trend that causes disruption to the school, the teachers band together to put an end to it.
With the school board threatening to pull their funds, Janine and Gregory decide to help Ava out with her presentation.
While on Abbott's annual zoo field trip, Tariq reveals that he has been offered a job in New York.
A group of dedicated, passionate teachers, and a slightly tone-deaf principal, navigate the Philadelphia public school system. Despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their student succeed in life.
