Unlike many shows set in high school, this episode uses age appropriate actors. Abby Donnelly, who plays Jennifer, is 17; Peyton Elizabeth Lee, who plays Alyssa, is 15.
Camryn Manheim (Lieutenant Cosgrove) & Carole Gutierrez (Deputy Principal Stella Markham) were both in the same episode of Harry's Law.
Camryn Manheim (Lieutenant Cosgrove) has worked with Gillian Zinser's (Coach Mary Jane 'MJ' Glenway) cousin, Hale Appleman in the TV show, The Magicians (2015). They played Sheila and Eliot Waugh respectively. Gillian's mother and Hale's father are siblings.