 She is supportive of new teacher Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski and helps him with discipline problems in his classes when she can.When a student named Chiquan is attacked by a classmate wielding a boxcutter in Pryzbylewski's class it is Grace who steps in and slaps the violent student to disarm her.She comforts the injured girl and asks a responsible student, Crystal Judkins, to phone for an ambulance.