Not sure where that misunderstanding may have come from, but Gakuran/Youran was definitely a Majisuka student last season.
In regards to the crush, it's still there.
The circled part says 'Atsuko'.
Edit: Actually, it says 'Atsuko is my life'
Ah, you're right. I don't know how I missed that in the subs the first time around.
It just seemed that the crush wasn't playing much of a role in Youran's Shibuya angst this episode, unless instead of saying Maeda's name there were a lot of pronouns in that dialogue. Good to know that it should be relevant at some point in the seasons.
Thanks for the blog pic! Acchan and Sae get such a kick out of the shipping.