Jacob: Whoa. What's happening to music class?
Melissa: Well, the school pays for the music class out of discretionary funds. And since Ava lost her dirt on Superintendent Collins when he married the goomah, there's no way he's gonna fork over the cash like he has for the last three years.
Barbara: No more of the glitz and glam you lot have become used to.
Melissa: It's gonna go right back to the lean years.
Barbara: Mm-hmm.
[The refrigerator handle comes off in Gregory's hand]
Gregory: Then what are these?

Janine: There has to be a way to convince Superintendent Collins that we still need that discretionary money.
Well, all the principals have to present their cases for funding to the school board at the end of the week.
Jacob: How do you always know this stuff?
Gregory: I told you all this many times... I trained to be a principal.
Melissa: Mm, it's not ringing a bell.
Barbara: Mm.
Gregory: I interned at the Baltimore School Board for two summers.
[aside to camera:]
Gregory: I got my Master's in Educational Leadership, and I went through a program specifically meant to encourage young Black men to become principals. So do I think that Ava can learn everything that she needs to know by Friday? No.

Gregory: Out of curiosity, what was her presentation like last year?
Jacob: She played a chopped and screwed version of Tom Cruise saying, "Show me the money," on repeat.
Gregory: And no one asked any questions when that worked?
Jacob: I'm sure she is preparing, given the circumstances have changed.
Ava: [talks on phone while walking by] "They keep telling me I've aged out of The Bachelor, so that's why I need to borrow your birth certificate, Ava, exclamation mark."

Janine: You know you have a presentation to the school board coming up, right?
Ava: Yeah, I do it annually.
Janine: Right, but you're ready for the one this year?
Ava: [to camera] This girl doesn't know what "annually" means.
Janine: No, I know what it means. It's just that this time is a little different.
Ava: Yeah, my job is on the line.
Janine: More importantly, discretionary funds for the entire school.
Ava: Yeah, but those two things kinda go hand in hand if you really think about it.
Janine: Great. So you're taking it seriously, then.
Ava: As a heart attack. I haven't watched Love After Lockup in like a month. Free Puppy.

Janine: Can I see the presentation?
Ava: You don't have a lawyer, do you?
Janine: No. Oh, not unless you count that guy that represented me in that hit and run. [to camera] I was clipped by a delirious jogger.

Melissa: I found a connection at the school board.
Barbara: Ooh, you got a guy there?
Melissa: No, you do. Delisha Sloss. She goes to your church. My guy says she's on the finance committee or something.
Barbara: I know her. One of our shadier members.
Melissa: Mm-hmm.
Barbara: But God's light finds even the shadows.
Melissa: Yeah, she's up to something. Being able to spot opps runs in the family. That's how we Schemmentis got so successful in... business.

Janine: Your signed NDA.
Ava: That's a cute shirt.
Janine: Oh, thank you. I got it from Old Navy.
Ava: It would look much better on me. You know what? Give it to me.
Janine: No. What? Look, can we just start already? I wanna finish this before the kids get here at 7:30...
Ava: 6... 7:30.

Ava: So, what do you think?
Janine: I think... I don't think this is what the school board is looking for.
Ava: [sighs] Damn it! I knew it. [sighs] I thought I could just hit 'em with the ol' razzle dazzle. These are the parts about being a principal that I'm not good at.
Janine: Interesting. What parts would you say you are good at?
Ava: This isn't the time for jokes, Janine. This is the first time in my life that I won't be able to charisma my way out of the situation. This is the first job that I've liked in my life. I don't wanna lose it.
Janine: Okay. Well, what if we find a way to combine your charisma with what the school board is actually looking for?
Ava: That's the point... I don't know. I'm not some nerd, got somebody showing me the ropes and giving me advice and putting up with my near-constant hijinks.

Ava: [over P.A.] Did he say yes? 'Cause otherwise, I found a livestream of some other school board's presentation that might help. Never mind. It's an SNL skit.

Gregory: Okay. So, she should start by showing them our student retention rates. They've been steady since the appeal for a student recount was filed.
Janine: [to camera] Yes, Ava counted twins as one student because she said they share the same soul.
Ava: That's true. And this is so boring! And I don't like this shift in the power dynamic where you're in charge. You've never been less attractive.
Gregory: Look, we have to build a case to get the discretionary funding with data and facts.
Ava: Well, then this is pointless. I've spent my whole life avoiding those two things.
Janine: Look, what if we just write down exactly what she needs to say, and then she can just read it?
Ava: I wish I could just read something, but this superintendent is out to get me. He's gonna be throwing curves like that lady gym.
Janine: Okay. Then we have to keep trying. This is our only option.
Gregory: Unless you want to catch Superintendent Collins cheating again.
Ava: Yes! Let's focus on that. That's got to be easier.