The story is mainly about the superintendent Frank Tassone (Hugh Jackman). Frank tries his best to keep his school district in good condition and make it the best in the country. Together he and the assistant superintendent Pam (Allison Janney) work to achieve that goal. Everything was going well then Rachel (Geraldine Viswanathan) a junior student and also a reporter in the school's news paper came to Frank and Pam for her article about the proposed construction of a skywalk I.e a bridge to connect the two ends of Roslyn High school together. Rachel met frank and interviewed him about the project and he advised her to take her report seriously and make her story big. Unknowingly to him, he was causing trouble for himself. 
Not long after that, Pam's son was caught using the school's credit card to make a lot of personal purchases at a particular shop. This made the shop owner curious and he alerted the school authorities and they discovered that Pam has been using school funds for her personal things. Frank tries to handle the situation and make it die down quickly and as quietly as possible. He persuaded the school board not to involve the police but to ask Pam to pay back all that she has stolen and to retire which she agreed to.
Somehow, Rachel gets the key from Pam to the basement to check the school files and records for her article. She sees the financial report and some figures and expenses do not seem right in the report and she was confused. She starts investigating on and finds out that some costs had been inflated and some companies who were hired by the school to do not even exist and some of the adress and phone numbers written down were the personal property of either Frank or Pam.
It was obvious to Rachel at this point that Frank and Pam had been embezzling school finances for years. Frank finds out about her investigation and he tried to convince her not to publish the story but she goes ahead and publishes the article. After that, Frank and Pam were arrested. 
This movie shows that two wrongs do not make a right. Frank claimed that the first time he used the school fund was a mistake when he used the wrong card at a coffee shop but then nobody said anything about it so he continued. Assuming he stopped the first time and reimbursed the school,there would have been no issue. Rachel knew the truth and she didn't feel right about hiding it so she published her story which exposed Frank and Pam. If you know something that can save the lives of people please I urge you to speak out and not remain silent. The truth might be bitter but it is better than telling lies or covering up.
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