Inspired by real events,[1] Kids In America is a comedy about a diverse group of high school students who band together to peacefully stand for their personal rights and dignity.

Holden Donovan and his love interest, Charlotte Pratt, are fed up with Principal Donna Weller, who goes to great lengths to stop the students from enjoying their right to free expression, such as suspending Monica Rose for wearing condoms on her outfit to promote safe sex during Spirit Week and suspending Lawrence Reitzer for kissing another guy in the hallway.

He decides to use his dismissal to make a change of his own, using his new-found free time to produce a documentary chronicling the experiences of students who are faced with similar issues.

Together, they engage in civil disobedience, passing out condoms and staging walk-outs, and organize the student body to take on Principal Weller and make a real change at Booker High.

The site's consensus states: "An awkward blend of teen comedy and social commentary, Kids in America largely fails to provoke thought or laughter".