JoJo Wright

While researching for a role as a teenage streetwalker, Doris (VALERIE LANDSBURG) is shocked to find a girl her own age actually plying the world's oldest profession. Determined to get her off the street, Doris "adopts" her and arranges an audition at the School of the Arts. Unfortunately, the young woman doesn't possess the talent to pass the rigid requirements and is not admitted.Doris fears that the rejection will send the girl back to the street, but the girl reveals that the care and affection she has received from Doris and her friends has convinced her to abondon prostitution and return home to her parents.

Lydia helps her students understand the value of developing as full people rather than performers only at great cost to her own emotions.

When Danny's grief over the death of a teacher threatens to cause his expulsion, help comes from an unexpected source.

A suicide note is found after several lockers have been vandalized, and Doris (VALERIE LANDSBURG) enlists the aid of her fellow students to try to find the potential victim before the act becomes a reality.