When administrator Joe Clark takes over the deteriorating Eastside High School, he is confronted with pupils dressed in gang colors and walls covered in graffiti. Determined to do whatever it takes to turn around the school, he dismisses suspected drug traffickers, padlocks doors, and demands effort and results from students, staff, and parents. To a fault autocratic, this real-life educator risked it all.
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When administrator Joe Clark takes over the deteriorating Eastside High School, he is confronted with pupils dressed in gang colors and walls covered in graffiti. Determined to do whatever it takes to turn around the school, he dismisses suspected drug traffickers, padlocks doors, and demands effort and results from students, staff, and parents. To a fault autocratic, this real-life educator risked it all.
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