From the moment Gina Shulman, a retired social worker, met eyes with second graders at Blanche H. Daughtrey Elementary School in the hallway outside their classroom, she was greeted with hugs.
The children exclaimed “Miss. Gina!” with a level of excitement that was hard to ignore.
After the students ate their snack, Shulman gathered them around her so she could read “Chicken Sunday” by Patricia Polacco…