What would happen if the slacker pot heads from high school somehow managed to graduate college and became the principal of their old high school?  The hilarious and aptly titled “Austin High” explores this crazy scenario.

So what would happen? At Lady Bird High, the principal, teachers and campus police hotbox  the janitors closet everyday. The Hall Monitor is a drug dealer. And teachers substitute rules and power trips for tight friendships with students.

But all that comes to a jarring halt when Ms. Lambert becomes Lady Bird High’s first vice principal. Although she looks like the sexy librarian type, Lambert is a strict, tightly wound, rule enthusiast who has it out for marijuana users, rule breakers and students who think school is supposed to be fun.

Lambert begins her reign of tyranny right away, cracking down on the dress code, drugs and parking violations, and soon she starts cracking the whip on Sam Wilson, the school’s principal. Wilson, a fun-loving guy and a favorite with all students, tries to resist Lambert’s influence, but soon he’s faced with a decision: be the cool, well liked principal or be the strict principal of a tightly run school?

The definition of a local film, “Austin High” was shot completely in Austin and uses a majority of Austin-based actors. The film also drops some pretty big local names like Barton Springs, Waterloo Park and Beerland, giving every Austinite a special connection to the film.

With the well-performed campy humor, unabashed drug use and local flair, “Austin High” shouts to the world, “Keep Austin Weird!”