- Jacob enters the classroom first, classmates follow and begin to take their seats.

- Carlos enters and sits at a table.

[door opening] [children talking and laughing]

Mrs. Hobbs: Good morning everyone.

Students: Good morning, Mrs. Hobbs.

Mrs. Hobbs: Ahhh, I love the enthusiasm. Today, everyone please get out your notebooks. Today's math warm up are these two problems below. Big hint, this will be the type of question that will be on your tests. So, notebooks out. [hands clap] Let's dig in. [students whispering] [papers rustling]

- Chalkboard shows the Pythagorean theorem

- Class begins to work silently

- Jacob and friend are at a table.

Jacob: Come on man, show me your answers.

Friend: No, dude. Back off.

Jacob: Chill, I didn't even do anything.

Friend: Sshh. Stop talking.

Mrs. Hobbs: Jacob, eyes on you own paper, okay, friend.

Jacob: Okay, fine.

Mrs. Hobbs: Thank you.

[mumbling]

Jacob: Check this out.

- Jacob then steals the paper of his classmate sitting across the table from him)

Girl: Jacob, quit it.

Jacob: You want it? You want it?

Boy: Come on.

Mrs. Hobbs: Guys, eyes on your own work, okay?

Jacob: Okay.

Mrs. Hobbs: Let's get back to it. Thank you, Jacob. [snickering]

- Jacob laughs after Mrs. Hobbs redirects him.

[students talking quietly]

- Carlos is sitting with his head on his desk. Mrs. Hobbs approaches him.

Mrs. Hobbs: Hey, Carlos, what's up? You know you gotta work on these problems. You have to get these points to be able to be eligible to play tonight. So let's get these problems done, alright? I really want to see you do your thing.

Carlos (internally): Yeah, like I could talk to you about it. All this pressure, basketball is the least to my worries. I can't even be myself. I don't even know who I am. Everyone wants the star basketball player, the straight basketball player.

- Teammate taps Carlos on his shoulder

Teammate: Hey, man, you need to. Just do it.

Teammate 2: Yeah, man, do it for the team.

Teammate 3: Don't screw this up for us. [students talking quietly]

- Mr. Humphrey’s Classroom

- Dakota is seated a table. Grace is seated at a different table.

Mr. H: Good morning.

Students: Good morning, Mr. Humphrey.

Mr. H: We can do better than that. Good morning!

Students: Good morning, Mr. Humphrey.

Mr. H: Remember, we need to get into our groups. Ah, we're turning in our Global Studies projects today. [papers rustling]

Grace: My project, it's not here. Wait, it's supposed to be here.

- Grace’s partners are visibly frustrated that she can’t find her part of the project

Grace's friend: Are you serious? Grace we need that part of the project. If we don't turn it in then we're not gonna get a good grade. We worked really hard and your part was pretty good.

Grace: I know and if I don't turn in another homework assignment then my dad said I'm not allowed to go to the mall with you guys.

Friend 2: Wait he won't let you?

Grace: Nmm-mm.

Friend 2: All right it's fine, we'll find it, it's probably just at the bottom.

Friend 1: Could it be in your locker?

Grace: I don't know, I wasn't really thinking about it until Mr. Humphrey mentioned it.

Friend 1: Okay just concentrate, where was the last place you had it

[whispering]

Grace: Crap, I think I left it at mom's.

Friend 1: Well can you text her and ask her to bring it for you?

Grace: Yeah, where's my phone?

Friend 2: Here it is, we'll cover you.

Grace: He never checks at work. But, don't worry, we will figure something out.

- Grace texts her mom and gets caught using her phone. Papers fly everywhere.

Mr. H: Grace, what's going on, girls? [papers rustling] No cell phones.

Grace: I was just turning it off. I don't have my project. You see, I left it at Mom's and I was at Dad's this weekend. I did it, I swear.

Friend 1: Yeah, we know she did it. She just forgot.

Grace: Yeah.

Mr. H: You don't have it?

Grace: Un-uh.

Mr. H: Does anybody else have theirs?

- The other girls nod and show their projects.

Mr. H: Okay, Grace, we'll talk about this during conference.

Grace: Okay.

Mr. H: Girls, we'll figure this out.

- Grace looks embarrassed and sad.

Mr. H: Remember, you're not just getting a test grade, you're getting graded on how well you worked within the group.

- Dakota thinks back to the social worker's visit.

Rachel [in memory]: I'm Rachel Brown, I'm from the Department of Human Services. I'm here to interview one of your students, Dakota Jennings.

[children laughing] [pencil tapping]

Rachel [in memory]: I'm here to talk to Dakota Jennings.

Student in classroom: Dakota. Dakota.

- Dakota begins to hear certain sounds very loudly and have sensitivity to light and other sensory inputs. She hears a peer tapping his pencil.

[children laughing] [pencil tapping]

Woman [muffled, in memory]: No! I don't want to! [woman yelling]

Dakota Voiceover: I just want to sleep. I hate this school. I wanna go back to my old school. I can't think about anything but my mom anyway.

[heart thumping]

- She covers her entire head with her hoody and puts her head down on the table.

- A student at her table drops his book off the table.

[book thudding] [students exclaiming]

- Dakota startles visibly and jumps out of her seat quickly.

Mr. H: Quiet down, class. Keep working. Ben, be careful.

Ben: Sorry, Mr. H.

- Dakota retakes her seat, looking down at the table and avoiding eye contact.

Mr. H: Dakota, are you okay?

Dakota: Yeah, I'm fine.