Meredith tries to raise money to move into her own apartment by entering a secret teachers' betting pool for the annual student science fair and tipping the odds in favor of her chosen winner, Lily, by sabotaging the other students.
Meredith Davis is a gold digging Chicago-area middle school teacher at the fictional John Adams Middle School who curses at her students, drinks heavily, smokes marijuana, and only shows movies while she sleeps through class.