Lauren fends off the Vice Principal's advances as a website and women's undergarments bring the school to a boiling point.
The female students go braless to support Dana Poole. The teachers defy Harper's fingerprinting request.
The soccer team's prank draws Harper's ire. The unlikely voice of reason at the school board meeting comes from the mouth of Marla Hendricks.
Various acts prepare for the school's talent/charity show. Lauren tries to change Harper's mind about one of the suspended soccer players.
One thing the teachers at Winslow aren't thankful for this Thanksgiving is the discovery of a sexual underground at the school. In an address to the students, Lipschultz reveals his wife's infidelity. Harper handles the parents of two brawling students.
The unexpected death of a Winslow Teacher leads to the revelation that he was possibly engaged in a physical relationship with one of the students. A student is suspended for spitting on Lauren. Harper has to contend with the ramifications of a school prayer service.
Harper has to balance two lawsuits: one for firing a teacher who practiced physical punishment and the other for the suspension of website creator Sheryl Holt. Lauren is attacked by student-launched a breast implant.
Buttles new relationship takes a disastrous turn when he finds out Lisa is a Winslow student. Lipschultz loses consciouness in class and it's revealed that a student spiked his cup with Ecstasy. Harper has the student arrested and the school's lockers ransacked.
A murderer is suspected to be a student hiding out in the Winslow halls and police commandeer the school in the search. Lauren is taken hostage by the outlaw, one of her students, and is only freed through a courageous act on Senate's part.
holt45.com airs Lisa and Buttle's relationship to anyone a click away. A female bully is the newest addition to Winslow's wrestling team. One of Marylin's students writes an all-too realistic "story" about incest. Lipschultz's verbal eccentricities lead him to a resignation hearing.
Coach Riley's infatuation with Marylin is aired on holt45.com as being on Marla, who gets very excited about the possibility. Harper cancels a cheerleading competition when they refuse to cool their racy routine. Senate's "Suicide Club" draws criticism, but provides results.
Buttle's affair with his student, Lisa, comes to a head and he loses his job when he's discovered by her father. Milton is fired for concealing his knowledge of the situation to protect his friend. A female wrestler tries to overcome size discrimination.
Coach Riley hires Ellenor Frutt and Jimmy Berluti to battle his termination. Senate and Lauren argue over a past relation of Harry's. An impassioned speech by Harper wins the court case and Buttle and Riley bid adieu to Winslow.
Lauren accuses Senate of not sharing personal information with her and he reveals that his father is a convict. Repercussions over Riley's termination has teachers quitting and Harper scrambling to fill in the vacant slots. A student, Lisa, temporarily takes over the teaching chores for a lit class and Harper allows her to keep teaching. Gruber wins a shot at his biggest dream - to conduct the Boston Pops.
Tyronn, a former gang member, and Marylin are attacked by a rival gang and he realizes he isn't safe in Boston. The cheerleading coach is suspended under a suspicious student's accusation.
Senate takes his Suicide Club to a morgue to get a sense of the real ramifications of killing oneself. The presence of a hidden camera in the ladies locker room is revealed and the tapes are unaccounted for. Debate rages over whether to suspend a student with a list of "targets," his tormentors.
Gruber racks up the suspensions between the videotape thief, the website hostess and a suspected drug-user. Marla slowly filters her history class through Harper's office.
Gruber fires an art teacher who refuses to conform to a standard grading system which starts another round of protesting. Senate confronts Dana Poole over her occupation choice as an exotic dancer. Marla, fed up with bad grades, tells off her students and ends up resigning. A female wrestler has a heart attack and dies.
Anthony, the "hit list" composer, is on one side recruited by Guber to join his debate squad and on the other faces a discharge from the school. Marylin sends social services to a student's home when she thinks there may be physical and psychological abuses taking place.
Marylin grows more suspicious of a student's homelife and, on investigating, learns that the student suffers extreme punishments. A debate team member punches his opponent. Harper ends relations with a student's mother when it has negative effects on her schooling.
Lauren learns that Daniel has had feelings for her since he was a student and breaks things off when it appears they weren't always healthy ones. Marylin finds Jeremy's demeanor is much improved.
Graduation time at Winslow High School. Daniel's parents come to the school saying that their son has mental concerns and has imagined some ongoings with a teacher. When Lauren steps forward, she is suspended for two months. When Marla fails a college-bound senior, Harper asks Lipschultz to review and overrule her grading. Marylin worries about Jeremy's missing mother.