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First Lady and education secretary visit metro Detroit middle school on anti-bullying trip

Michigan Public | By Tyler Scott

Published October 23, 2017 at 12:02 PM EDT

bottom of chalkboard, with an eraser and chalk sitting on the ledge — First Lady Melania Trump will meet with students in the cafeteria in an effort to bring awareness to "No One Eats Alone," a concept that seeks to reverse the trends of social isolation by asking students to engage in simple acts of kindness.

In a surprise trip, First Lady Melania Trump and U.S Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visited a metro-Detroit middle school today.

According to the White House Office of the Press Secretary, Trump and DeVos will tour the school and participate in classroom lessons "about respecting others, kindness and inclusion," as part of National Bullying Prevention Month.

CNN reports the first lady will make brief remarks about bullying, and eat lunch with students.

According to WXYZ Detroit, parents at the school learned about the visit in an email over the weekend.

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Tyler Scott is the weekend afternoon host at Michigan Public, though you can often hear him filling in at other times during the week. Tyler started in radio at age 18, as a board operator at WMLM 1520AM in Alma, Michigan, where he later became host of The Morning Show.

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