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"School's Out" is a 2 hour movie of the week. The alumni of the class experience a summer full of wild pool parties, hot dates and part-time jobs. But the fun in the sun ends, and friendships are tested when the grads get ready to enter "the real world."

Movie of the week
Filming began on the Degrassi telefeature, School's Out, Sunday July 21, 1991. This two-hour special is a follow up to the award winning Degrassi High series. Despite desperate attempts to keep the old gang together Joey, Snake, Wheels, Caitlin, Lucy, Spike and others head in different directions as temperatures rise, the summer after graduation.

Joey Jeremiah spends the best summer of his life in a love triangle. Caitlin is not immediately ready to support his desire to lose his virginity but Tessa is! Meanwhile, buddies Snake and Wheels have their own concerns. Lifeguard Snake, convinced that to 'get laid' all he has to do is rescue a beautiful girl, finds his aquatic skills unexpectedly tested when a 'tipsy' canoe ride turns traumatic. Mechanic Wheels' ride to freedom becomes his vehicle to confinement after a drinking and driving accident leave Lucy no longer able to boast "My future's so bright I gotta wear shades."

The Degrassi gang is splitting up but Simon and Alexa's Autumn wedding reunites many Degrassi 'young adults' when they realize that they can't look back.

Degrassi's School's Out! Breaks 2 Million
School's Out!, the bittersweet finale to the three award winning Degrassi television series, captured an audience of 2.325 million Canadian viewers. The number is almost double the average audience that the Degrassi High series enjoyed during it's run on the CBC.

Following the show, phones rang off the hook at CFRB's Andy Barry Show as Linda Schulyer, co-creator and producer of School's Out!, fielded questions from parents. Although the movie received a positive round of support from most parents, some were shocked that "Degrassi had gone too far!"

What shocked them the most? Lucy showing Caitlin how to put a condom on a banana. "It's the female responsibility as well as the guys, to carry condoms and know how to use them," responds Linda, "Both partners must be prepared for safe sex."

A lighter comment came from a father who had to admit to his 18 year old son that 'Yes. Sex on the couch did exist in his day too!'

Toronto radio station Q-107 immediately received requests for the music of Harem Scarem. Eight tracks from the Toronto based group's debut album were featured in School's Out!