Both Elizabeth McLaughlin and Ellen Marlow have been bullied by what they refer to as a "Massie".
Samantha Boscarino and Bridgit Mendler also worked together in Good Luck, Charlie.
During the painting scene (around 22:19) There are paintings behind Alicia and Claire. One of them is clearly a reference to the Korean Pop group Wonder Girls, and their debut single "Irony".
Filming took place in Rhode Island over the course of 6 weeks. It was filmed in February of 2008 and the cast said filming exterior scenes were miserable because it was freezing.
Samantha Boscarino later played the leader of popular mean girl group "The Perfs" in the Nickelodeon sitcom How to Rock (2012).