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One morning on St. Simons Island, I found Amy Lotson Roberts, 73, sitting amid vintage photographs of students and teachers in what used to be the Harrington Graded School, a long-ago segregated school for Black children that’s been converted into a cultural center and gift shop.

“So we are testing a lot of people. But if we want to go back to work and we want to go back to school, we are going to need to have quick, reliable tests for everybody in the nursing home, everybody in the meatpacking plant, everybody maybe on the college campus, everybody in a graded school,” Alexander said.

Perry, who volunteers at Barton Graded School in the Everybody Wins reading program and who loves books as much as Ava, marvels at Ava’s reading skills.

In another room at the graded school on Tuesday, another group of mentors and students dressed like presents for Spirit Week opened their own books.

It’s Perron’s second year as a reading mentor at Barton Graded School, and she loves it.