Wayside

- Season 1

(2007)

Everyone brings their pet to class and asks Todd, the only kid in class who DOESN'T have a pet, to watch all their animals while they go to lunch. Chaos ensues.

While Mrs. Jewls is on a faculty retreat, a cow wanders into her class and the students mistake it for a substitute teacher. They end up learning more from the silent Mrs. Bellamy (the cow) than they've ever learned from Mrs. Jewls!

Maurecia accidentally gets promoted to the 29th floor Honors Class instead of Dana, and does everything she can to escape the class (which is taught by Miss Mush, PhD and only has one other student in it - Sammy the Dead Rat).

The students try to throw Principal Kidswatter a surprise birthday party, but he mistakenly assumes they are attempting to "overthrow" him, and recruits the "new kid" Todd to spy for him.

Myron adopts a head of lettuce as his baby brother, inspiring Mrs. Jewls to assign the class a project about their families. Todd frets that his project will fail since he is an only child.

When Principal Kidswatter sees Todd deliver his "oral report" in mime, he drafts him for the school's ballroom dancing team. But Todd can't dance - he can only "perform" non-verbal oral reports.

Best friends Dana and Myron have a fight, and Myron decides to make sleeping Shari his new best friend. Since she is always asleep, he uses an empty glass pressed up against her head to "hear" her thoughts.;Todd saves a kindergarten kid's stuffed animal, and the 5 year olds make him their king, doing everything they can to serve and protect him, which makes Todd completely mental (and Myron extremely jealous).

Todd tries to prevent Principal Kidswatter from running a home shopping channel out of his office, and getting the students to supply his cheesy inventory of trinkets under the guise of a new "arts" curriculum.

Todd and Kidswatter get stuck in the school's elevator, which only goes sideways (instead of up and down). Dana, Maurecia and Myron attempt a daring rescue before Kidswatter completely flips out.

Believing she is a distant relative of Miss Mush, Dana adopts the attire, tradition, and attitude of Miss Mush's strange Mamaland. Her friends miss the "old Dana," and end up discovering that Dana misread her family history.

Kidswatter tricks Todd into being Principal for the Day while he goes on vacation. Todd thinks he can actually do a better job... until he dislodges a folded-up paper supporting the entire school.

When Todd snubs her at the Spring Dance costume party, Maurecia falls head over heels for a mystery kid in shining armor. Todd actually gets jealous, and tries to help Maurecia when he learns the knight is actually Sammy the Dead Rat.

When Miss Mush quits the cafeteria, Kidswatter replaces her with a cruel French chef who cooks great, but is horribly mean to the kids. In the end, the kids would rather have the friendly Miss Mush, than someone who actually cooks well.

At Wayside, the students give the teachers report cards (instead of the other way around). But when Todd gives Mrs. Jewls a negative comment, he is forced to meet with her parent in a "Teachers' Parent Conference." Mrs. Jewls' dad believes his daughter can do no wrong, and sends Todd home on the Kindergarten bus.

While the kids tell "ghost stories" around a campfire, we learn the incredible story of Mrs. Gorf, who magically turned her students into apples, and Maurecia's transformation from girly-girl into tomboy as she saved the day.

Myron discovers a strange nose flute in music class that makes the students all kooky when certain notes are played. Myron uses it to "control" his friends, until he realizes it also makes the cows literally tear down the school.

Todd eats Miss Mush' mushroom surprise and falls helplessly in love with his teacher Mrs. Jewls, then insists on taking her to the newly-built gondola canal on the 12th floor. Maurecia is extremely jealous.

Feeling rejected by Maurecia, Fluffy the porcupine runs away, and is mistaken for a new hairpiece by Kidswatter. While Maurecia desperately searches for him, Fluffy uses his new "position" to control Kidswatter and get revenge.

After discovering the students have mistaken a pile of stage props for a wishing well, Todd accidentally makes some wishes come true. But then Kidswatter demands the well help him relive a famous bullfight from his youth - or else!

Dana finally has enough of rules and organizing, and goes off on a freedom-loving roadtrip to every floor of Wayside. Myron tries to cover for her but isn't as successful.

Myron searches the school for a new "hero" when his idol Kidswatter unwittingly rejects him.

Todd is cast as "Mr. K" when the kids attempt to make an over-the-top movie about their principal's life. Method actor Todd goes overboard in the role, becoming more petty and paranoid than the real Kidswatter.

After Myron fails at being Safety Monitor, Maurecia takes over the job with a little too much gusto. Myron, however, refuses to give up his position and does his best to undo the rules enforced by Maurecia.

Stephen becomes insecure when someone makes fun of the elf outfit he wears to school everyday, and attempts to change himself into "Mr. Normal." The other kids like Stephen for who he really is, and convince him his oddball attire and attitude truly represent Wayside.

When Kidswatter threatens to move the school, the students attempt to protest by disrupting class/cafeteria/hallways, etc, but only end up making it all better... that is until a mysterious "new kid" attempts to undermine their efforts.

All the kids are forming bizarre after-school clubs, except for Todd, who creates a plain, old "Science Club." Myron laughs at him, believing his club will be better, until he see Todd's club has managed to build a functioning rocket. Myron then attempts to form his own "Science Club" and build a rocket.

A series of events leads Myron to get confused and think he is actually stuck in his own version of "The Christmas Carol." The other kids are baffled, as he mistakes them for Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future.

Dana "befriends" Sammy and realizes she can use the silent (dead) rat to "say" all the things she has ever wanted. The rat is passed around like a truth stick amongst the kids - until Miss Mush demands they return her best friend.

Todd attempts to free a large octopus he believes Miss Mush is about to cook. But Kidswatter is on a Captain Ahab-style hunt for the creature, believing "that seafood ate my seafood" at a fish restaurant one night.

The air conditioning unit on the roof malfunctions and blankets the class with snow, trapping the kids. Students struggle to survive and vie for leadership "Lord of the Flies"-style. The class split into two opposing groups - one led by Todd, the other by Maurecia.

Todd sets out to debunk the "urban legends" about a former student named Nick who is credited with all kinds of fantastic school stunts, including visiting the nonexistent 19th floor and exploring the Cow Bathroom on the 2nd floor. Along the way, he discovers Nick is more real than he ever imagined.

Dana starts broadcasting a popular radio advice show over the school P.A. But things go awry when she loses her voice and Myron takes over, giving everyone the worst possible advice and attributing it all to Dana.

Despite being a school principal, Kidswatter abhors the idea of teaching...until he gets "stuck" having to care for Mrs. Jewls' class. He soon discovers the joys of the classroom.

Despite being a school principal, Kidswatter abhors the idea of teaching...until he gets "stuck" having to care for Mrs. Jewls' class. He soon discovers the joys of the classroom.;When Myron learns Small Eric wants to get noticed more, he convinces him to change his name to "Small Myron." Maurecia then volunteers to become one of The Three Erics in order to sit closer to Todd in class. But Maurecia's (a.k.a. "Eric-Who-Loves-Todd") finds it difficult to fit into the close-knit Eric trio.

Myron accidentally convinces Kidswatter to bet the school in a winner-take-all climbing contest with Le Chef. Fortunately, no one can climb a building better than Miss Mush.

Miss Mush tells fortunes by reading mushroom surprise stains, and predicts Maurecia will grow up to be a milkmaid. Action-loving Maurecia always thought she'd have a more exciting career, but soon discovers that dealing with the Wayside cows is an extreme sport too.

Todd refuses to reply to a love note passed to him by Maurecia, so all the other students respond to Maurecia on the note for him. The other kids' written remarks get completely out of control, and Todd scrambles to stop his wild "reply" from reaching Maurecia.