Richard Dreyfuss (Glenn Holland
) / Glenne Headly (Iris Holland
) / Jay Thomas (Bill Meister
) / Olympia Dukakis (Principal Helen Jacobs
) / William H. Macy (Vice Principal Gene Wolters (as W.H. Macy)
) / Alicia Witt (Gertrude Lang
) / Terrence Howard (Louis Russ
) / Damon Whitaker (Bobby Tidd
) / Jean Louisa Kelly (Rowena Morgan
) / Alexandra Boyd (Sarah Olmstead
) /