Junior-high vice-principal Flynn Sullivan uses her idealism to cope with the pressures of modern education. In the opener, she deals with a student accused of writing X-rated graffiti.

Shelly has a car accident with a plastic surgeon who makes her an offer she can't refuse in exchange for not reporting the crash to the insurance company. Meanwhile, Principal Skinner pledges to eat a live worm if the students can improve their math scores by 10 points.

The hills are alive with the sound of music, but Hamilton Middle School won't be unless Flynn and Herb can wrangle more money for the band from a frugal school board. Meanwhile, Shelly and Clark battle over a Civil War diary.

Amanda and Luis find the sex-education class they're t aching too hot to handle when their eyes suddenly lock; Daisy relinquishes control of the supply closet to Flynn, who unlocks it and finds that her colleagues instantly clean it out.

Flynn's been in a drought -- datewise -- since her divorce, but she really cleans up when she snags a contractor who's later hired as the school janitor.

There's a field trip in them thar' hills, at least that's Clark's plan, and he and Shelly would have struck gold if they hadn't gotten their busload of kids lost. Meanwhile, back at the school, Flynn's pugnacious mother visits.