This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. John Dewey High School senior Jayla Mallette had an unusual request for her teacher after 9 p.m.

JOHNS ISLAND — A water slide. A green house. An axolotl aquarium, and a second-story food court that sells sizzlin’ lava chicken, a fictional dish from last year’s blockbuster hit A Minecraft Movie.