Olivia (Jaime Snyder)'s real life son Jordon Snyder plays one of the students in the school scenes who is friends with Derrick (Luca Rickman), the main protagonist. Jordon also happens to be good friend with John Schaub who plays Tate.
The script went through several re-writes. The original version was to focus on Gavin's first day back to school and involve Mia and Tanner. After script re-writes and schedule conflicts, Ricky was made the main Character. Mia was able to make a small appearance but Tanner had to be written out completely in hopes to return for a part 3.
John Schaub, who plays Tate, was one of the runner ups to play Ricky Grey in The Revelations of Gavin Grey and was handed the role of Tate the moment he was created.