“Sometimes you just have to turn the channel,” the teacher tells her new students, after seating Avianna and handing her a box of tissues. “Where are we?” “School!” the students reply. Miss Hester lets the word sink in. School. Not home. There is no home for Miss Hester right now. Two months ago, she was evicted by her landlord in Bed-Stuy, who was clearing the building for renovation. It will sell one week from now, on September 11, 2014, for $1.2 million (nearly double its value the previous year).
