This is not your typical High School. Florence Crittenton is a school exclusively for pregnant and parenting teens. A 16 year old risks being expelled because of behavioral issues. Another student is so behind on daycare fees she may have to leave school.
It's Florence Crittenton's first prom ever in the schools 27-year history. After a tragic year a student's entire family decides to get involved in her campaign to be Prom Queen. Due any day another student worries she may go into labor on Prom night.
A student struggles with self-esteem, weight issues and a son who is developing serious behavioral problems. And a first time mom-to-be attempts to repair her once close relationship with her own mom before she gives birth.
A student continues to have problems at school. A 17-year-old mom of three faces an agonizing separation from her son. And another student is determined to break her family's cycle of teenage pregnancy with her own daughter.
An 18-year-old juggles the demands of finals and the complex challenges of raising her blind two-year-old daughter. And with her baby's father no longer in the picture, a pregnant 16-year-old prepares to give birth alone.
It's graduation and tensions are running high. A former wild child needs to knuckle down to get her GED. Another student is desperate to know if she's Valedictorian.
Sheldon Lazarus
Producer