When a Brooklyn high school student writes the police code for homicide, 187, inside a textbook owned by teacher Trevor Garfield, Garfield feels threatened. The principal dismisses the incident, but the same student stabs Trevor soon after. Fifteen months later, a physically and emotionally scarred Trevor relocates to California and takes up substitute teaching. To his dismay, his new school is as full of dangerously undisciplined students as his old one—including four Latin Americans and a European American claiming membership in tagging gang K.O.S. (Kappin' Off Suckers)—driving him over the edge.
Trevor
Childress
Ellen
Cesar
Garcia
Rita
Benny
Hyland
Stevie
Paco
Lakesia
Barsek
Victor
Mrs. Chacon
Dennis Broadway
Teacher
Anglo Woman
Animal Regulation Officer
Asian Girl
Assistant Coroner
New York Assistant Principal
Augie
Tywan
Hispanic Man
Investigator
Iris
Walter
Librarian
Mrs. Ford
Mrs. Santana
Straggling Student
Voice in Crowd (voice)
Chicano Tagger
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Student / Gang Member (uncredited)
Hallway Student (uncredited)
Kid in Classroom (uncredited)
Student (uncredited)
Cashier (uncredited)