Whittington Academy, home to the rich and beautiful of Los Angeles, California. And if you're not rich and beautiful? Then you might as well be dirt, because that's what you'll be treated like. This boarding school is separated by many different cliques, eleven in fact - each student normally taking to a combination of three. The upper end of the cliques, mainly the Rotten and the Spoiled, rule the school - and boy, do they know it. Anyone who gets in their way will be committing social suicide, as the Rotten are well-known for spreading nasty rumours and the Spoiled make your clothes look like rags. Are you good enough to make it into the top end of the cliques? Or will you be the one who made it to Whittington Academy on a scholarship, forced to the bottom of the food chain with the Litter and Debris of the social scene?

In 2010, the Dean of Whittington Academy announced a state government movement to improve the lives of the poorer districts within L.A. He declared a merger between his school and Cardinal High, a school the majority of the students had never previously heard of. Because of course, these privileged kids would never encounter these Cardinal kids in the real world. Coming from a terribly run down school, they're the polar opposites to the Whittington originals. These children know what it's like to go through a day without food and never take any aspect of life for granted, whereas most of the WA children have it all served on a silver platter. Unlike the clichéd cliques of the Academy, the newcomers are all part of a more close knit community, priding themselves in each other instead of the winner-takes-all approach Whittingtoners have adapted to.

Whittington students were desperately hoping for the newbies to end up returning to their old school after rivalry became rife within the Academy, but upon hearing the news that Cardinal High is being knocked down shortly, all hope is lost. Permanent changes have already been made to the Academy and no matter how many complaints are made, from teacher, student or parent, the Dean doesn't seem to be budging at all. This means that - yes, shock horror - the rich and poor have to convulse, socialize and even live with each other. Dormitories, classes, leisure facilities, the whole school will have to be shared between two clashing groups of teenagers. Just how will you cope, sweetie? Let's find out.