A long time ago, Wayside School was accidentally built "sideways" with one classroom in each of its 30 stories instead of 30 classrooms on one floor. And with every passing year, the school just gets weirder and weirder. A transfer student named Todd will now have to forget everything he knows and adapt to his new environment, which is much easier said than done. His teacher constantly sends him home on the kindergarten bus, the principal only refers to him by his home address, and for some reason cows are seen walking in the halls. But despite all the chaos, he still manages to make some new friends: brainiac Dana, wannabe-class-president Myron and tomboy Maurecia. And they're more than willing to teach him the ways of Wayside.
