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discovers Liza and Annie together. Liza is forced to tell her family about her relationship with Annie, and Mrs. Poindexter organizes a meeting of the school's board of trustees to expel Liza. The board rules in favor of Liza staying at Foster, allowing her to keep her position as student president. However, Ms. Stevenson and Ms. Widmer, who are outed as gay during the process due to Sally's false testimony about their influence on Liza, are fired. After their initial shock at discovering the girls together, the teachers are very supportive and go out of their way to reassure Liza not to worry about their dismissal. Nevertheless, the responses from both her family and her fellow students push Liza to break up with Annie.
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