This was the pilot for a spin-off series for Lisa Whelchel as the new headmistress of Eastland. Juliette Lewis, Mayim Bialik, and Sherrié Austin were among the actors to play new students, but the planned series fell through.
Lisa Whelchel and Kim Fields were the only actresses to appear from the beginning on the Diff'rent Strokes "back door" pilot to the end of the series.
Last show of the series.