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Abbott Elementary

Season 1, Episode 12 — Ava vs. Superintendent

TMDB episode metadata
Show: Abbott Elementary
Episode title: Ava vs. Superintendent
Air date: April 05, 2022
Director: Matthew A. Cherry
Top billed cast: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, Janelle James
With the school board threatening to pull their funds, Janine and Gregory decide to help Ava out with her presentation in front of the Superintendent. However, their plan is derailed when a curveball is thrown at Ava. Meanwhile, Barbara offends Melissa when she doesn’t agree with her blackmail idea.
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Whoa. What's happening to music class?
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Well, the school pays for the music class
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out of discretionary funds.
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And since Ava lost her dirt on Superintendent Collins
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when he married the goomah,
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there's no way he's gonna fork over the cash
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like he has for the last three years.
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No more of the glitz and glam you lot have become used to.
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It's gonna go right back to the lean years.
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-(handle cracks) -Mm-hmm.
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Then what are these?
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There has to be a way to convince Superintendent Collins
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that we still need that discretionary money.
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Well, all the principals have to present their cases for funding
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to the school board at the end of the week.
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How do you always know this stuff?
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I told you all this many times --
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I trained to be a principal.
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-Mm, it's not ringing a bell. -Mm.
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I interned at the Baltimore School Board for two summers.
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I got my Master's in Educational Leadership,
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and I went through a program specifically meant
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to encourage young black men to become principals.
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So do I think that Ava can learn
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everything that she needs to know by Friday?
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No.
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Out of curiosity, what was her presentation like last year?
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She played a chopped and screwed version of Tom Cruise saying,
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"Show me the money," on repeat.
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And no one asked any questions when that worked?
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I'm sure she is preparing,
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given the circumstances have changed.
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"They keep telling me I've aged out of The Bachelor,
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so that's why I need to borrow your birth certificate, Ava,
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-exclamation mark." -(cellphone beeps)
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Even in a world where Ava could put together
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-a competent presentation... -Mm-hmm.
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...it still does not change the fact
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that the Superintendent can't stand her
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and, by extension, us.
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The nerve on that guy.
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Yeah, well, maybe this will be the year
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where the school board finally awards me
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that Advancement Grant that I have been applying to
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for 10 years.
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They will if we make them.
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Just, like, a little... gentle arm-twisting.
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A little arm twist never hurt.
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