An extraordinary situation calls for an extraordinary leader, at Eastside High School, that leader was Mr. Clark.
Lean on Me is the true story of a high school principal Joe Clark, who armed
himself with a bullhorn and a Louisville slugger and slammed the door on
losers at Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey.
He was brought in as a last hope to save the school. He chained the doors shut to keep the troublemakers out and the strivers in. Parents fought him. Teachers fought him.
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