Participating in a school program to symbolically 'recover' her long-lost virginity, Jerri takes it seriously and works hard to fend off ever-present temptation.
Jerri falls for a blind student named Alan. He says he can do anything a person with perfect vision can do, so he decides to try out for the high-school football team. He doesn't have the team's support, but Jerri believes he can do it--kinda.
Jerri and her classmates consider series of career options presented to them while trying to avoid the option of ending up in the local creepy artificial flower factory. Seeing the 'youngsters' ponder their futures cause Noblet and Jellineck to reconsider their own choices.
After Jerri's father is ripped apart by a pack of wild dogs, she must deal with his death - and with no longer being able to compete in the Father/Daughter Race. She grieves her loss and feels isolated because no one understands, not even her stepmother.
Jerri suddenly decides that she wants a spot on the cheerleading squad; the only problem is that you need to know how to spell. Everyone in school finds out that Jerri is illiterate, so Mr. Noblet takes on teaching Jerri how to read. Meanwhile, she meets a person in a similar situation: a bus driver who doesn't know how to drive a bus.
A horrible hit and run accident leaves Jellinek without his much-prized face and Noblet and Jerri feeling guilty and morose. Blackman leads the charge to find the guilty party by recreating the circumstances of the accident.
Coach Wolf launches a marriage course, partnering up the students and reeling in Mr. Jellineck for her fake husband, but she ends up thinking she has actual feelings for Mr. Jellineck. Meanwhile, Jerri becomes too territorial with her fake husband, going so far as to threaten his very real girlfriend.
After first attempting to stop Jerri from escaping, the leader of the cult realizes how annoying she is and tries to get rid of her, while Principle Blackman, Mr. Noblet and Mr. Jellineck try to rescue her.
