Lean On Me is based on a true story of a principal in Eastside High, a multicultural school in New Jersey . Mr. Joe Louis Clark (Morgan Freeman), is an assertive, strong willed teacher who takes pride in his work and his school. Due to unexpected school board budget cuts, Mr. Clark is forced to make decisions about his future at Eastside High. He leaves and goes to an elementary school. Eastside High subsequently takes an unexpected turn for the worst. Joe is re-hired after almost 20 years in 1983 to run what is now one of the worst schools in the state.

Rather than being a place of security and a place to get an education, Eastside High was now a place where you can get killed and are forced to learn the lessons of life on the streets. The students lacked any respect for the school, the other students or the attempts to educate them. Joe Clark's mission was to turn this crime, drug and graffiti infested school around completely, in just one years time. Clark must bring order and......

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