At school the following day, Miss Gardner tells the girls they must all apologize to Carrie.
Miss Gardner rebukes the girls for their reckless mistreatment of Carrie and demands that they apologize to her - or else.
Miss Gardner kicks Chris out of the prom.
The characters of the principal and the teacher are merged into a single character named Miss Gardner.
"There were a lot of other gangs there, too," Miss Gardner said.
Miss Gardner was a chaperone at the prom, and died in Carrie's onslaught.
Sure enough, young Miss Gardner was invited to come to the big city for an interview.
"It's still a nice day to go out on the mall or enjoy the fireworks," Miss Gardner said.
Inevitably, a conversation with Miss Gardner included a question with the phrase "try to remember."
"That's such a tiny little theater you can't help but see the faces" from the stage, Miss Gardner said.