TO WORK THERE. MORE ON THE PROJECT AND ITS
MORE ON THE PROJECT AND ITS
IMPORTANCE ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
5:00.
>>> DEARBORN AND SOUTH LYON HAVE
ANNOUNCED PLANS TO START THE
SCHOOL YEAR ONLINE.
UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WILL
OFFER TWO OPTIONS, FULLY VIRTUAL
OR REMOTE CLASSROOM.
AND PLYMOUTH-CANTON WILL BE
VOTING ON THEIR SCHOOL YEAR.
AT CLICKONDETROIT.COM WE HAVE A
FULL LIST OF THE PLANS AS WE
KNOW THEM THUS FAR FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
SCHOOL YEAR.
FIND THEM ON OUR
RETURN-TO-SCHOOL PAGE.
>>> PAULA TUTMAN INTRODUCING US
TO A VERY SPECIAL TEACHER. PAULA?
>> Paula: SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
JUST A BEDTIME STORY BUT IT WAS
SO MUCH MORE.
WHEN SCHOOL SHUT DOWN ABRUPTLY
IN MARCH, IT THREW PARENTS INTO
A TAILSPIN AND THREW CHILDREN
LIKE 9-YEAR-OLD NICHOLAS OFF
COMPLETELY.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE].
>> Paula: SIMPLY DISAPPEARING
NOT JUST FROM THE SCHOOL ROLLS
BUT FROM VIEW AS THE WINDS OF
COVID BLEW FAMILIES FROM THEIR
HOMES AND THEIR LIVES.
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY
DISTRICT MASTERS MATH TEACHER
MS. CAMPBELL WORRIED ABOUT HER
STUDENTS AND LOSING TOUCH.
SO IT ADDED UP TO MAKING A
CONNECTION.
SHE STARTED READING BEDTIME
STORIES.
>> GOOD EVENING, SCHOLARS AND
FRIENDS, IT’S TIME FOR TONIGHT’S
BEDTIME STORY.
TONIGHT, I WILL READ THE GIVING
TREE.
>> Paula: POSTING THEM TO HER
STUDENTS.
SHE DIDN’T JUST REACH HER
STUDENTS BUT STUDENTS ACROSS THE
NATION.
AND THEN AROUND THE GLOBE.
>> I BEGAN TO RECEIVE E-MAILS
FROM TEACHERS FROM MISSISSIPPI
TO CALIFORNIA, THE FARTHEST FROM
ITALY.
I WAS LIKE, WOW!
>> Paula: SO EVERY EVENING AT
8:00 P.M., SHE PUTS ON HER PJs
AND READS TO THE WORLD IN
THEIRS.
>> I WAS VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THE
TITLE THAT IS I CHOSE AND TRIED
TO CENTER AROUND WHAT’S ACTUALLY
GOING ON.
I TOLD STORIES ABOUT HOW TO DEAL
WITH ANGER AND CHANGES AND WHAT
A PANDEMIC WAS AND HOW
QUARANTINED WORK AND HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO TAKE CARE OF
YOURSELF.
THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT
AND LEANED TOWARD
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE THAT
OUR CHILDREN DON’T TYPICALLY GET
A CHANCE TO HEAR.
>> Paula: TODAY ON YOUTUBE AND
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, SHE HAS
100 BEDTIME STORIES.
>> SHE ALWAYS SAYS SHE WANTED TO
MAKE SURE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH
THE CHILDREN DUE TO THE FACT
SCHOOL ENDED SO ABRUPTLY.
>> IT TOUCHED MY HEART.
WE HAVE CHILDREN ALL OVER THE
WORLD LISTENING TO BEDTIME
STORIES.
>> Paula: IN A WORLD WHERE WORDS
MATTER, IT HAS TAKEN ONE MATH
TEACHER WITH A PLATINUM VOICE
AND A HEART OF GOLD TO SHOW
EVERYONE THE CLOUD HAS A SILVER
LINING.
>> THE END.
GOOD NIGHT.
>> Paula: SHE HAS AIN’T CREDIBLE
VOICE.
LOTS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE
ASKED HER IF SHE WOULD QUIT HER
DAY JOB, IN OTHER WORDS LEAVE
HER SCHOOL DISTRICT AND JOIN
THEIRS.
SHE SAID SHE’S NOT QUITE DONE
WITH DETROIT YET.
PAULA TUTMAN, LOCAL 4.
>> Devin: AND WE’RE NOT DONE
WITH HER.
>>> IT’S ONE OF THE BIGGEST
WORRIES FOR FAMILIES, HOW WILL
CHILDREN BE GOING BACK TO CLASS,
AND THAT’S WHY WE’RE HOLDING AN
EDUCATION
EDUCATION 4 ALL TOWN HALL AND
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