Why did Hillary Tuck (Samantha Morgan) leave after the first season?

She was one of the victims of the cast purge that came when Peter Engel came onboard to become the new showrunner in the second season. This article from 1996 has theorized that Hillary may have left on her on accord. https://web.archive.org/web/20011210234419/http://members.aol.com/IJBall3/WWW/HT/review.html She did land a gig on the TV adaptation of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids soon after departing Hang Time.