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Hey. Good morning
to my favorite school.

How is everyone doing?

What do you want?
So a bit of a problem.

Sounds like
a "you" problem.

I haven't said
what it is yet.

Proceed.

So there have been students
from various schools

playing in the golf course
construction zones.

And some of them are
wearing Abbott uniforms. And--

And you would like us
to get our students to stop

so that the other students
will stop as well.

Yes. The Abbott students
are disturbingly influential.

Thank you.

We can get our
cool-ass students to stop.

That's why you're my favorite
school.

For a price.

What is your price?

Actually, we really need
new gym equipment.

Oh! Okay, so like what?
Yes.

Like new archery board,
lacrosse gear?

Oh, our lacrosse sticks
are so worn down

after all of the lacrosse
that we have been playing.

I think she means
like new footballs.

Basketballs.
Dodgeballs.

Parachute.
Oh, yeah.

Yeah!
For... skydiving?

What?!
No.

You know, you throw it up
and the kids run under it.

Oh, yeah, you mean
a disposable gazebo?

Oh.
I actually can't with this man.

No, man, the one with
the handles, you know?

And you're like, whoo!

I-I'm just--
I am not familiar.

Oh, come on!
You know a parachute.

You know, gym class?
Have you ever been in school?

Everybody holds it
and go like...

Whoa!

It's like
a circus tent.

And it's like ahh!
Whee!

And then everybody
takes turns.

It's a parachute.
And you run in.

And you, like,
have a great time.

I do not know
what you are referencing!

I'll just send you
a link then.

Cool. Bye.

You have a phone call
on line two.

It's Manny
from the district.

Ugh. Tell him I'm not here.
Tell him I died.

Tell him
I'm on "Survivor".

Ah! I'll take it.
Damn it, Dia!

What's up,
The Manny-dalorian?

Oh, like that!
Can I use it?

You can absolutely buy
the copyright. Is that all?

Jokes on jokes.
This is fun.

So, listen, as you know,

since you've been
principal at Abbott,

test scores have gone up,
absences are down,

and after school programs
have increased.

Yep,
I truly am "that gworl."

And the district wants more
principals to be "that gworls."

We want to invite you
to give a speech

at one of our Philly School
District Ed Talks.

Super low lift, it's just
a run-through with me,

then the big show.

Ooh,
how much does it pay?

It's more
of a volunteer opportunity.

I do not
want to do this.

You are welcome
for my time.

Hey, Dia, you know
that's strike three, right?

Like, you know that, right?

Hey, Mr. J.

What are you doing here
so early, Chad?

I'm doing a career report
for social studies,

and I decided to shadow you
and write about it.

You got gloves?
No.

Good. They just
slow you down.

Let's go.

An Italian hoagie

and an Italian hoagie,
extra Italian.

Oh, grazie,
Deli Man.

Best hoagies
in West Philly.

Well, get 'em
while you can.

Landlord may not
renew my lease.

What?!
No!

First golf course
comes in,

then small businesses
get priced out of their leases.

But what could they
possibly put here?

The deli
across the street

is being turned into
a freakin' smoothie shop.

Which one?

Smoothin' On Up?
Mnh-mnh.

On Blended Knee?

Oh, it's not
Fruit Goops, is it?

He knows so many
different smoothie shops.

Nope. It's gonna be a
Fruit, There It Is.

Let's go.

Gregory,
lower that roof!

That deli is
an institution.

Yeah.
This sucks.

What, I'm supposed to drive
all the way to Wawa now?

Murder me!

Look, I don't know.
Neighborhoods change. Okay?

No. Greg, you don't
understand.

Gentrification
is like a--
Shut up.

I'm tired of driving all the way
to University City

every time I want a 16-ounce
Banana-Nut Shred

with extra bee pollen.

Your thoughts about food
are war crimes

and you should be sent
to The Hague.

Hey, y'all.
What we talking about?

Either catch me up
or change the subject.

We were talking about--

Vetoed!
That settles that.

Ugh!

Not Manny trying
to get me

to volunteer my voice
in a public setting for free.

Ava,
please explain.

He asked me to do some
Ed Talk or whatever.

Wait, an Ed Talk?

Ava, that's awesome!
Congratulations!

Yeah, that's very cool.
What's the focus of your talk?

Oh, I turned it down.

Did you not hear me say
it was unpaid?

Ava, you really need to
reconsider.

This is a great opportunity
for you.

And the school!

Closest Wawa--
22 left turns away.

Yeah, and if you
do the talk,

it'll put us back in
the district's good graces

after, you know,
Janine, well...

The district does not
have a problem with Janine.

No, no. They do.
They hate me.

They told me they have
a problem with me.

But the way
the district works

is if you're
front of mind,

then your school
is front of line

for new resources.

So you see,
you are getting paid,

just indirectly.

Plus you love to boast.

I truly am
great at it.
Mm-hmm.

You should do it.

Ugh, fine.

Yes!
But my time's coming
out of your paychecks.

Uh, no, it's not.
No, it's not.

What? That's not fair.
Mnh-mnh.

Okay.
Then just Jacob's.

Fine, fine.
Okay.

Okay, t-- Wait. No.

All right. Okay.

Viv, why don't
you go next?

My name is Viv.

I am seven years old,
and my favorite thing

to do is sing in the car
with my mom.

Lovely. Okay, Dante,
how about you?

My name is Dante.

I am eight years old, and
my favorite thing to do is draw.

Good job, Dante.
Okay, Nate.

My name is Nate.

I am seven years old,
and my favorite thing

to do is eat paper.

Okay, so how much paper
would you say you've eaten?

Like,
just a teeny tiny...

He ate "Peter Rabbit."

What?

Dia. Dia!

Dia!

Come on, girl.

Hang that up real quick.

I'm sorry. Can you hold on
just one second?

Yes?

I am gonna kill this speech,
girl.

I'm so happy I let the teachers
talk me into doing it.

I'm, like, actually working on
it and enjoying it.

Ava, this is my son's doctor
on the phone.

Oh, damn, girl. Take that.
What are you doing?

I just feel... validated.

I always do things my way
and people don't always like it.

But the district
has seen my methods

and they want the madness.

They want... the Ava-lanche.

Really?

Isn't this more of a job
for a maintenance man?

Or a woman.
But you're right.

It is.

Guys, I was just
at the deli,

and everyone in there
is so sad.

But also so fired up
that I had the thought...

what if we activate
the neighborhood?

What if we don't, though?

Yeah, we could canvass
and inform and--

Yeah, you know what?

We could go
and pay a little visit

to the University City
location.

You know, convince them
maybe setting up

in a different neighborhood
is a good idea.

And I will come
along with you

because I have
a few choice words for

Fruit, There It Is.

Yes, I love it!
Okay, are we doing this?

I can make some
fliers on Canva

and start papering
this town.

Ooh!
This is what being
the change feels like.

Are you feeling that?

Okay.
Everybody, hold on.

If you're going,
can you take my punch card?

I'm like three
punches away

from a free
Teddy Blendergrass.

Boy, bye.
Come on.

Chad, lemme
tell you something.

This is gonna end
in chaos.

How?

You'll see.
So much to learn, youngblood.

C'mon, let's go
sweep the roof.

You're not afraid of heights, right?

No.

Still time to help save
the deli, Greg.

I have already set up
an online petition.

I put fliers in all local
storefronts that would let me.

And I even spoke with the
B.L.A.C.K.S. yesterday.

Excuse me?

Building Love
and Creating Kids' Safety.

The activist group.
Remember?

They protested the school
last year.

Should probably get in the habit
of saying the whole name.

Yeah, well...

Well, the Building Love and
Creating Kids' Safe... ties

are on board and mobilizing
as we speak.

About that.
Yes!

How did it go at
the University City location?

Did you guys really let
'em have it?

Mm.
So we went down there to give
them a piece of our mind.

We were
raring to go.

Walked right up
to that door,

put our hand
on the handle.

Didn't even knock.

Don't have to.
It's a store.

But then we noticed
they had free samples,

and, well, after our long
and taxing drive...

Yeah, it's rude to turn down
a free sample, Jacob.

I gotta tell you, I have no idea
where this is going.

Well, the sample
was so good,

we considered changing
our stance

on the smoothie shop
moving in.

But we did not.
Of course not.

Oh, thank God.

Yeah, it took
multiple samples.

And they're all
home runs, Jacob.

Seriously,
what's one less deli

in this deli town?

Mnh-mnh.
We drank yours.

But we got one
for you.

What? We had a plan.
I-I papered the community.

Just try it, Jacob.
It might change your mind.

Oh, okay.
Do it.

That sounds nice.

Mm-hmm.

Ohh!

Psych!

I am really disappointed
in all of you.

So I guess that means
you don't want your punch card.

I'll take that.

These can be combined.

Hello?
Hey. Sorry.

Hey.

I've got a paper eater
in my class,

and I'm just trying
to get inside his head.

Ah. I had a girl in my class
lick glue last year.

But it was
a one-time thing.
See, that I can handle.

But apparently,
he's been doing this all year.

Maybe he's doing it
for attention.

No,
there's a real passion there.

I tried to document it
in my calendar,

but the little Billy goat
ate November.

Oh, wow. Okay.

Maybe it's
like an anxiety thing.

Maybe it's that, but
some kids just like
to eat weird stuff.

I used to eat crayons.
I love the snap.

Get him some of that edible
paper that they use on cakes.

Wean him off
and call it a day.

Hmm.

That's how I kicked crayons.

Pretzel sticks and Kit Kats.

I licked ChapStick once.

Sicko.

Eh, here we go.
Mm-hmm.

Here to tell us
how anti-progress we are?

What?
What are you talking about?

That doesn't sound
like me, does it?

No, I'm-- I'm--
I have thought about it

and I am looking forward to
the new smoothie shop.

So why the
change in tune?

Because... it is rare
to see you all

so excited
about something, okay?
Okay.

And if it makes you happy
to have this place nearby,

then darn it,
I'm happy, too, okay?

Bring on the fruits,
add some milk, blend it up.

Let's have a good time
with the little time we have

on this big old rock
they call Earth.

What's that
on your collar?

What?
A hickey, probably.

You can't get a hickey
on clothing.

That's açai.

With a whey protein
boost.

You tried
Fruit, There It Is!

Wait, you Postmated
a smoothie to the school?

Where'd you get
30 bucks?

I didn't Postmate anything.

Then where'd
the açai come from?

You dug it
out of the garbage.

He dug it out of
the garbage.

Jacob! Stop eating out
of the trash can!

Look, the only thing I hate
more than gentrification

is waste, okay?

And we as a culture, need to
have a serious conversation

about when trash is really
just food

temporarily situated
in a garbage can.

You liked it,
didn't you?

I loved it.
Mm-hmm.

It was--
It was so fresh.

If you like
their açai,

you wait till you try
their secret menu.

You should see me off of
two shots of that wheatgrass.

I'm just like whoo!

Bobby, sit down.

They figured it out.
Didn't seem to turn into chaos.

The chaos
hasn't even begun.

That's just the tip
of the trash can.

And after that is
"The Art of the Scheme,"

where I basically address
how a scheme is like a dance.

Poetic. Maybe just
not for this talk.

What else you got?

Okay.
"Intimidation as Motivation."

Let's put a pin
in that puppy as well.

Uh, "Withholding Pay
as Motivation."

Illegal.

Well,
I already took out

"Kelly Rowland
as Motivation," but I--

Hey, Ava,
to be honest here,

I'm starting to get
a little worried.
Why?

This isn't quite what I was
expecting from you for the talk.

Especially the part
about renting out the gym

to unsanctioned groups.

Wait, are you talking
about the church choir

or the drug dealers?

So listen.

Hey.

Ooh.
How's the presentation going?

I'm not doing the talk
anymore.

Uh, por qué?

Manny changed his mind.

What? But he reached out
to you.

He wanted you for it.

Yes, but when he heard
my presentation,

he said I wasn't
right for it.

Said he didn't want
to encourage

the other principals
to act like me.

He basically called me
"too hood" without saying it.

Okay, well, hold on now.
Janine, it's cool.

I've been told I'm too much
or too brash

or too blunt or not right
for the job my whole life.

I'm used to it.

If people don't like me,
it's on them.

Let me see
the presentation.

Okay.
Oh, wow. Ava.

This is so bad.

Like, really,
really terrible.

Get out.
No, no, no,
it's just--

Look, it's just--

this isn't it,
you know?

Like, yes, you do those things,
but it's not all you do.

You make clothes
for our students who need them.

You put on fundraisers

so that our kids can go on
field trips.

And you somehow understand your
teachers and what they need.

And that's what makes you
a great principal.

Yeah, but the problem is,
I don't do it "the right way."

All right.

You once viciously made fun
of my jelly bean belt.

Once?
At least a dozenfold.

And... told me
I needed to dress better

because
I deserved better.

And I was mad
at first.

But you were right.

Your approach might be
"too whatever,"

but the results speak
for themselves.

You should focus on
why you do things

and not
how you do them.

Wow. Look at me
cheering myself up.

Okay.

But it's too late. Manny's
already going with someone else.

I'm gonna put in a call
to the district.

Mm-hmm.

Don't they hate you?

Oh, I wouldn't call them
fond of me,

but Manny owes me
a favor.

I taught him
how to ride a bike.

What do you know?

Always something to learn.

Mm.

Remember, your projects
on Unsung Women in History

are due tomorrow, okay?

Shouldn't be a problem if you
started when they were assigned.

What's going on outside?

Hey, hey! Ho, ho!

That smoothie place
has got to go!

Hey, hey! Ho, ho!

That smoothie place
has got to go!

Hey, hey! Ho, ho!

Oh, no!
It's the B.L.A.C.K.S.

That smoothie place
has got to go!

Hey, hey! Ho, ho!

It's-- It's not what
it sounds like.

Hey, hey! Ho, ho! That smoothie
place has got to go!

Oh, my...

Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
Hey, there!

That smoothie place
has got to go!
Hey, there, protesters.

What, uh-- What are we
so upset about?

They're trying
to take away our deli

and put an açai place
in here!

We found out about it
from this flier!

Hey, hey! Ho, ho! That smoothie
place has got to go!

The one time
my canvassing works.

Ho, ho! That smoothie place
has got to go!

Chaos.
Chaos.

Ho, ho! That smoothie place
has got to go!

We are angry. We are mad.

We like the deli.
Smoothies are bad.

Aw, there's nothing like
the sound of dissent
in the afternoon.

What in
the world?

Hey.
Um, you know what?

Let's-- Let us consider
the scene in front of us

from a smoothie half full
perspective.

Oh, hell no.
Jacob, I need
my smoothies.

Jacob, I haven't been
this regular in five years.

Fix this!
Wow! Okay, okay, okay.

Hey, everyone!
I'm loving the energy, okay?

But you know who
the real enemy is here?

Fracking. Fracking is bad.
Frack is wack!

Let's get that going.
That's-- That's catchy.

Hey, hey, do protests even
really work?

I mean, the Chiefs are
still a team, am I right?

No, no.

What we need to do
is bottle up all of this passion

and then pour it
on the golf course.

Because after all, that is what
is destroying this neighborhood.

Barb. Barb,
if the golf course goes away,

the smoothie shop goes away, right?

And so don't do that.

Thank you.

Are you all
protesting me?

No!

Then why are you doing this
in front of my place?

I don't know!

The instructions
weren't clear.

My bad. My bad.

Save the deli!

Save the deli!

And then I'd like
to end on creative solutions

for stretching
a limited budget.

So Janine called the district,
and they really do hate her,

which tracks.

But I'm grateful
they're gonna give me

another chance
at the run-through.

I think I know what
they want now.

Incredible.

That's what we're looking for,
Ava.

So I'm good
for the speech tomorrow night?

Yes.
And just to clarify...

Still unpaid.
Had to ask.

You know, things change.

Of course. Well, it's
good to see you. Thank--

Looks like
they're getting tired.

Well, I guess this might
blow over after all.

I just got a call
from the landlord.

Said he didn't realize
kicking me out

would be such a big
ass-ache.

Now he's
renewing my lease.

I guess you guys
did it.

Well, how about that,
Jacob?

Once again,
a white man

comes into
a community of color

and makes things
worse.

I should have known better
than to dream.

I'm gonna go in
and buy a Mountain Dew.

No.

Hey, Mr. J!

I finished my report
for social studies.

Thanks for letting
me shadow you.

What'd you learn?

Sweep before you mop.

Chaos is inevitable here.

And that you need these.

I don't, but thanks.

Hi. Good morning, Viv.
Good morning.

Oh, Nate. Hi.
Come on over here.

Look at what
I just got.

Edible paper.
Isn't that all paper?

Just trust me
and try it.

Cleanse that palate.

Well?

It... kind of tastes
like a cookie.

Kind of makes
me want to have cookies.

Do we have
any cookies?

I will have one for you
at lunch.

Thanks, Miss Teagues.
You're welcome.

That paper tip Ava gave me--
that was pretty good.

She can be
really surprising.

It's another great thing
about her.

I still maintain that the
most crucial aspect of this job

is empowering
our students and staff.

When someone can't see the
potential that you see in them,

they might need a little push.

And it's up to us
as leaders to give it to them.

Yes.
Double jacket.

How do you toe the line
between giving encouragement

and giving orders
or even overstepping?

I'd say repetition.

Let me give you
an example.

A member of my staff dressed as
a nun going on vacat-- No?

Um, a member of my staff
was stuck in a rut.

But by being consistent
with subtle advice,

her perspective shifted and she
was able to make small changes

that led to her becoming
the incredible educator

that she is today.

How you give the advice
is up to you

because it's not always
about the how.

It's about the end result.

And that's how I saved
the school from ringworm.

Mm!
Ava, that was sick.

Thank you again
for volunteering.

No problem.
I love doing it.

It was so good.

You know, people actually
do get paid for this?

Paid?
Not here,

but at private speaking
engagements and seminars.

Oh, yeah.
Like how much?

Like
thousands of dollars.

Thousands, you say?
Mm-hmm.

Well,
this has been a pleasure.

If you guys want to keep
speaking to me, it'll be $1,000.

Oh.

Get excited, people.

The deli is making
smoothies now.

Oh!
And they sent these
as a thank you

for saving a beloved
small business

from the clutches
of gentrificach.

Well, it's a win-win.

The neighborhood gets to keep
a local fave

and we get free smoothies.

Deli smoothies.
They don't have the training.

Oh, well, I guess
these will just have to do.

Enjoy the refreshing taste
of community action.

Chindon!
Hey! Love it.

No.
Oh.

Oh, fallen angels!
That is vile!

What is in this?

Mango Mortadella Fusion?

Is that menthol?

Appears we have
the same flavor.

Menthol madness.
Ugh!

Mine is... it's mostly
Nerd Clusters and...

Hot Fries.

Yeah, which,
honestly, I'm--

Are you ready?
Oh, wait, guys, I'm in next.

No, wait. Hold on.
Hold on, hold on.

Whoo! Eee!