Melissa and Barbara are bothered by how much time the students are spending on their phones.

Gregory explains his plans for applying for the grant for the Garden Goofballs, which would provide more funding for his program.

The superintendent comes to Janine's office to compliment her on her work and tells her that he plans to offer her a full-time job at the district once the fellowship ends.

Jacob warns his students that he can detect AI in their work if they use it to cheat.

Jacob's AI screener reveals that Barbara used AI to respond to an email from him, and he's hurt.

It turns out that Melissa was also using AI to respond to Jacob's emails.

Gregory is concerned about a former student named Alex who is missing a lot of school and is at risk of being in trouble for truancy.

Janine announces to the Abbott teachers that she is going to accept the full-time district position and won't be returning to the school.

Ava reacts with joy that Janine is leaving and excitedly leaves to start working on finding a replacement.

Gregory calls Alex's family to find out why he hasn't been coming to school. Alex's grandma says Alex doesn't want to attend school because he misses his old teacher, Miss Teagues.

Melissa, Barbara, and Ava try to defend themselves to Jacob for using AI to respond to his emails. They apologize to him and promise to respond to him for real.

Gregory reaches out to Janine for help dealing with the Alex situation. Gregory asks Janine to go to Alex's house with him after school.

Ava interviews prospective teachers to replace Janine using questionable methods.

Janine and Gregory go to Alex's house, whose grandmother argues that the absences aren't that serious. They go inside to talk to Alex, who tells them he doesn't go to school because Miss Teagues doesn't go anymore.

During this conversation, Gregory finds out for the first time that Janine does not plan to return to Abbott.

Mr. Johnson walks into the break room to yell at Jacob for using AI to respond to his cleaning newsletter.

Ava introduces Mercedes, the teacher she chose to replace Janine.

Gregory is clearly shaken by the news that Janine is going to take the district job.

Gregory and Janine convince Alex to come back to school.

Jacob reconciles with Mr. Johnson, apologizes to Melissa and Barbara, and everyone makes up.

Gregory and Janine share a moment over the phone. Janine gets the paperwork for the new job at the district but asks for a day to complete it. She seems to be getting cold feet about the job.