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ByJuliePaceand Jonathan Lemire The Associated Press WASHINGTON President- elect Donald Trump is shaking up his transition team as he plunges into the work of setting up his administration, elevating Vice President-elect Mike Pence to head the opera- tions. It amounts to a de- motion for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who had been running Trump's tran- sition planning for months. On the heels of Trump's upset victory this week, the Republican's team has been scrambling to iden- tify people for top White House jobs and Cabinet posts. It's an enormous undertaking that must be well in hand by the time Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20. In a statement Friday, Trump said Pence would "build on the initial work" done by Christie. "Together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuild- ing this nation — specifi- cally jobs, security and op- portunity," Trump said. Christie was a loyal ad- viser to Trump for much of the campaign and came close to being the busi- nessman's pick for run- ning mate. But Trump ul- timately went with Indiana Gov. Pence, a former con- gressman with Washington experience and deep ties to conservatives. Christie will still be in- volved in the transition, joining a cluster of other steadfast Trump supporters serving as vice chairs: for- mer House Speaker Newt Gingrich, retired neurosur- geon Ben Carson, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions. For Trump, who ran on a pledge to "drain the swamp" of Washington insiders, the team is strikingly heavy on those with long political re- sumes. In addition, three of Trump's adult children — Don. Jr., Eric and Ivanka — are on the transition execu- tive committee, along with Jared Kushner, Ivanka's husband. Kushner played a significant role in Trump's campaign and was spotted at the White House Thurs- day meeting with Presi- dent Barack Obama's chief of staff. Pence said the transition staff is made up of the right people to "bring about fun- damental change in Wash- ington." After ending his own failed campaign for presi- dent, Christie emerged as one of Trump's most en- thusiastic supporters. He nearly became Trump's running mate but was edged out by Pence. Trump and Christie grew apart through the last stretch of the campaign. The governor became in- creasingly frustrated that Trump wouldn't listen to his advice, particularly over the response to the release of a 1995 video in which the businessman is heard mak- ing predatory comments about women. Christie is also facing calls for impeachment in New Jersey following the conviction of two former aides in the George Wash- ington Bridge lane-clos- ing trial. Christie has de- nied any knowledge of the lane closures until weeks or months after they occurred in September 2013. The governor was nota- bly absent from the steady stream of advisers enter- ing Trump's eponymous skyscraper in New York for meetings Friday. Among the first decisions facing the president-elect is whom to choose as chief of staff, a key post that will set the tone for Trump's White House and be a key conduit to Capitol Hill and Cabinet agencies. Trump is said to be con- sidering Steve Bannon, his campaign chairman and a conservative media exec- utive, and Republican Na- tional Committee Chair- man Reince Priebus for the role. Neither has significant policy experience, though Priebus is well-liked in Washington and has deep ties with key lawmakers. Kellyanne Conway, Trump's campaign man- ager, is also said to be in the mix for a senior job. Con- way is a veteran Republi- can pollster who formed a strong rapport with the candidate after taking the helm of his campaign in the general election. While Trump has long led a large business, the scope of the federal gov- ernment exceeds any of his previous endeavors. Those around Trump, who is known as a hands-on ex- ecutive, say he'll likely have to make adjustments in his leadership style and de- cision-making, including more delegating. PRESIDENT-ELECT Tr um p sh ak es u p tr an si ti on team, elevates Pence's role CHARLIENEIBERGALL—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE Vice President-elect Mike Pence will lead President-elect Donald Trump's transition team, replacing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. By Errin Haines Whack and Jay Reeves The Associated Press In the wake of Don- ald Trump's election, re- ports of racist incidents are emerging from the nation's schools and uni- versities, including stu- dents who chanted "white power" and called black classmates "cotton pick- ers." Reporting by The Asso- ciated Press and local me- dia outlets has identified more than 20 such encoun- ters beginning on Election Day, many involving peo- ple too young to cast a bal- lot. At the University of New Mexico, a Muslim en- gineering student said a man attempted to snatch off her hijab Tuesday while she was studying. "I turned around and there's a really buff guy wearing a Trump shirt," freshman Leena Aggad said Friday. "He reaches his hand out to my fore- head and attempts to pull my scarf off." Oren Segal, director of the Anti-Defamation League office that moni- tors extremism, said young people "were watching and observing this presiden- tial campaign as closely as anyone else." Now that the campaign is over, "the impact of what they have seen is not just going to go away." On Wednesday,minority students at a high school in Gurnee, Illinois, organized a meeting and protest af- ter a "whites only" mes- sage was found scrawled on a bathroom door. The same day in Michigan, stu- dents at Royal Oak Middle school were filmed chant- ing "build a wall" in the cafeteria. At Trump's alma mater, the University of Penn- sylvania, black freshmen were added to a group chat in which one post read "daily lynching," and one participant was called a "dumb slave." School offi- cials are meeting with stu- dents groups to respond. Also in Pennsylvania, two students at the York County School of Technol- ogy held a Donald Trump sign in a hallway as some- one shouted "white power," an incident captured on video and widely shared on Facebook. The president of the lo- cal NAACP said the video showed a hallway full of loud students so any teacher or administra- tor who was monitoring would have known what was happening. Sandra Thompson added that the parents of black chil- dren in local schools have been told to "go back to Africa." School administrators in Vice President-elect Mike Pence's hometown of Columbus, Indiana, called for civility and respect af- ter reports of Hispanic stu- dents being taunted. Fe- lipe Martinez told The In- dianapolis Star that his two sons were twice in- timidated with chants of "build that wall," including on Election Day. The chant was common at Trump campaign rallies. The morning after the election, leaflets from the Ku Klux Klan showed up in a neighborhood in Bir- mingham, Alabama. At Central Texas Univer- sity in San Marcos, po- lice were investigating who posted fliers Thurs- day around campus urging the formation of "tar and feather vigilante squads" and threatening to "arrest and torture" campus diver- sity advocates. EDUCATION Schools report racist incidents in wake of presidential election SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 3 B