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ByDarleneSuperville and Jonathan Lemire The Associated Press ORLANDO, FLA. President Donald Trump toured a private religious school in Florida on Friday, praising it as an ideal institution for "disadvantaged children" while re-emphasizing that his education agenda will focus on school choice. Trump visited St. An- drew Catholic School in Orlando, dropping in on a fourth-grade classroom and shaking hands with stu- dents who said they were learning about the history of Florida. When one girl said she wanted to own her own business, he said with a smile that she's "gonna make a lot of money. But don't run for politics." The president, who was joined by his new educa- tion secretary Betsy DeVos, a longtime charter schools advocate, described St. An- drew as "one of the many parochial schools dedicated to educating disadvantaged children." "Education is the civil rights issue of our time," said Trump, repeating a line from his address to Congress this week. Teachers unions were quick to criticize the visit, saying it showed hostility by Trump toward public schools and an intention to turn education into a profit- making industry. Trump said he would ask lawmakers to pass a bill that would fund school choice for disadvantaged young people, including mi- nority children. He did not offer any details. Among his guests for the tour was Denisha Merri- weather, who used Florida's school voucher program to attend a private high school that she credits with turn- ing her life around. Many of St. Andrew's students attend the school using the same voucher program as Merriweather, said White House spokesman Ninio Fetalvo. "We want millions more to have the same chance to achieve the great suc- cess that you're achieving," Trump said. The president also told school administra- tors that "the love you have for what you do is really fantastic." Trump, at the school, also noted anew that he cap- tured Florida in last year's election. He was to return to his Palm Beach coastal home later Friday and at- tend a Republican National Committee fundraiser that night. Education Secretary De- Vos has a long history of promoting charter schools and vouchers. Charter schools are funded with taxpayer dollars, but run by private groups and have more freedom over cur- riculum, staff and budget. Vouchers are essentially publicly funded scholar- ships given to low-income families to help cover pri- vate-school tuition. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said earlier in the week that education is "a top priority" for the pres- ident. "He has said many times before that education has the ability to level the play- ing field for the next gener- ation," Spicer said, adding that Trump "is determined to provide choice for every parent and opportunities for every child, regardless of their zip code." St. Andrew Catholic School teaches 350 children from pre-K to eighth grade. The school defines its mis- sion as "developing the stu- dents' spirituality and cre- ativity in order to be dis- ciples of Christ in the 21st century." A photo on the school's website shows a smiling boy in school uni- form holding a sign that reads "My goals: College. Heaven." "It's a very powerful mes- sage," said Samuel Abrams, director of the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education at Teachers College, Co- lumbia University, refer- ring to Trump's choice of school to visit. "Advocates of traditional public schools should be worried because this means a diversion of funds from public coffers and thus support for pub- lic education." Randi Weingarten, presi- dent of the American Feder- ation of Teachers, said that by visiting a private Cath- olic school, Trump is con- tinuing an "ideological cru- sade." Weingarten said that in many cases voucher pro- grams have not improved children's academic out- comes. EDUCATION Trump tours private school in Florida, promoting choice Washington 42/22 New York 31/15 Miami 76/66 Atlanta 61/40 Detroit 34/23 Houston 66/59 Chicago 42/33 Minneapolis 45/37 Kansas City 70/49 El Paso 75/50 Denver 68/38 Billings 56/37 Los Angeles 68/54 San Francisco 60/47 Seattle 46/35 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans:0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: SUNDAY 53° 36° MONDAY 54° 41° Mostly cloudy , a lit tle rain Cool with periods of rain TUESDAY 61° 42° Mainly cloudy and co ol WEDNESDAY 70° 45° Pa rtly sunn y and wa rmer TODAY 59° 39° Breezy with rain at times. Chilly with occasional rain tonight. High ....................................................................... 61° Low ........................................................................ 40° Normal high ......................................................... 63° Normal low ........................................................... 43° Record high ............................................. 77° in 1937 Record low .............................................. 27° in 1966 Humidity noon today ........................................ 72% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.00" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.44" Season to date ................................................ 22.27" Normal season to date .................................. 17.74" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ................................................................... Good Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................................. Good Yuba City ........................................................... Good Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass .................. Absent Mold .........................Low Trees ............. Moderate Weeds ................ Absent 2 Highest at 12 p.m. Today 6:38 a.m. 6:04 p.m. 10:40 a.m. 12:02 a.m. Sunday 6:36 a.m. 6:05 p.m. 11:29 a.m. 1:08 a.m. 11 hr., 26 min. Mar5 First Mar12 Full Last Mar20 New Mar27 aboveBendBridge......................27 .........20.60 ....... -2.70 atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......142.92 ....... -1.23 atOrdFerry................................114 ......112.63 ....... -0.70 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......249.50 ....... -1.90 atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......213.30 ....... -1.50 atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......179.97 ....... -1.54 BlackButte ....................444.03..............39,655 .....27.6% LakeOroville..................847.52.........2,775,224 .....74.3% LakeShasta .................1032.74.........3,603,221 .....79.2% LakeTrinity..................2336.13.........1,931,022 .....72.9% Whiskeytown...............1200.68............212,161 .....88.0% Weather Trivia ™ The barbs on a cold front point in what direction? The direction that the front is moving. Today Sunday Anaheim 67/50/pc 60/44/r Bakersfield 72/46/pc 60/37/r Chula Vista 65/52/pc 63/50/sh Crescent City 48/37/r 44/39/r Death Valley 82/55/pc 75/49/c Eureka 50/37/r 46/37/r Fremont 62/47/r 56/42/sh Fresno 67/49/pc 55/38/r Glendale 65/50/pc 60/43/r Huntington Beach 63/53/pc 60/48/r Irvine 62/53/pc 59/44/r Lake Tahoe 44/30/sn 33/12/sn Long Beach 65/53/pc 62/46/r Los Angeles 68/54/pc 61/46/r Mammoth Mountain 44/26/pc 37/13/sn Modesto 65/49/pc 57/38/r Monterey 60/47/pc 54/40/sh Moreno Valley 68/42/pc 57/38/r Napa 59/41/r 54/37/sh Needles 81/57/s 76/49/pc Oakland 60/47/r 56/42/sh Oxnard 64/51/pc 61/44/r Redding 56/37/r 50/36/r Riverside 68/41/pc 58/37/r Sacramento 60/44/r 56/38/r San Bernardino 69/45/pc 60/41/r San Diego 64/56/pc 63/52/sh San Francisco 60/47/r 55/44/sh San Jose 62/47/pc 56/38/sh San Luis Obispo 63/48/pc 56/39/r Santa Ana 65/54/pc 61/46/r Santa Barbara 60/46/pc 61/40/r Santa Clarita 64/46/pc 55/40/r Stockton 65/45/c 55/37/r Ventura 63/50/pc 61/43/r Yosemite Valley 60/34/pc 34/31/sn Today Sunday Albuquerque 68/41/s 68/42/pc Atlanta 61/40/s 66/50/pc Baltimore 40/15/s 40/23/s Boston 21/10/pc 33/19/s Buffalo 21/10/pc 38/28/pc Chicago 42/33/sn 54/48/c Cincinnati 44/29/pc 62/47/pc Dallas 63/53/c 67/61/sh Denver 68/38/pc 68/36/s Detroit 34/23/pc 46/40/pc El Paso 75/50/s 78/55/s Fargo 45/29/pc 50/40/pc Honolulu 82/70/sh 80/68/sh Houston 66/59/r 72/64/r Indianapolis 47/31/sn 60/48/pc Kansas City 70/49/s 66/54/c Las Vegas 76/53/s 67/43/pc Louisville 58/37/s 66/53/pc Miami 76/66/pc 75/66/pc Minneapolis 45/37/pc 59/49/pc New Orleans 68/58/pc 73/63/sh New York City 31/15/s 38/26/s Oklahoma City 63/49/pc 65/53/pc Today will end up being one of the coldest days this winter for much of New England and upstate New York as high pressure from the arctic noses southward. A chilly day is in store for much of the mid-Atlantic and the Southeast, despite sunshine. Meanwhile, subtropical moisture will gather over Texas and result in drenching rain in southern and central locations. Enough rain can fall to cause localized flooding. Milder air is forecast to build over the central and northern Plains to the central Rockies. Rain and snow will affect the Northwest. High ............................. 85° in Tamiami, FL Low ........................... -23° in Brimson, MN High ................. 112° in Onslow, Australia Low ................ -61° in Mould Bay, Canada Bogota 69/47/sh 68/48/sh Buenos Aires 73/58/c 78/62/pc Caracas 85/77/pc 85/77/pc Ensenada 66/50/pc 61/45/s Mexico City 73/50/pc 73/49/pc Montreal 12/4/s 22/15/s Rio de Janeiro 93/77/pc 96/78/t Tijuana 66/52/pc 62/48/s Toronto 24/9/s 31/27/pc Vancouver 44/30/sh 41/31/r Orlando 74/55/s 75/58/pc Philadelphia 36/16/s 40/26/s Phoenix 80/56/s 75/50/pc Pittsburgh 32/16/pc 47/37/pc Portland, ME 17/3/pc 30/9/s Portland, OR 45/35/r 42/32/sh St. Louis 68/46/s 64/52/c Salt Lake City 60/43/pc 54/28/r Seattle 46/35/r 42/34/sh Tucson 81/53/s 78/45/pc Washington, DC 42/22/pc 43/32/s Cairo 72/53/s 75/53/s Casablanca 63/51/c 68/51/s Johannesburg 77/58/t 76/58/pc Kinshasa 92/74/pc 92/74/c Lagos 92/79/t 92/79/t Nairobi 84/58/pc 88/59/s Tripoli 80/59/s 79/53/s Baghdad 67/48/sh 69/47/pc Beijing 57/37/s 52/28/pc Hong Kong 73/66/pc 74/66/pc Jerusalem 58/43/pc 61/46/s Kabul 51/24/s 51/28/pc Manila 85/75/pc 86/73/c Melbourne 84/62/s 78/60/pc New Delhi 80/54/pc 84/54/pc Seoul 52/27/s 51/24/c Singapore 85/78/t 86/76/t Sydney 74/66/pc 76/67/pc Tehran 61/43/pc 58/39/s Tokyo 55/43/pc 56/43/pc Amsterdam 54/42/r 49/40/c Athens 66/49/s 65/50/s Belgrade 72/51/s 65/45/pc Berlin 58/44/pc 51/39/pc Budapest 62/45/pc 55/40/sh Dublin 46/36/sh 45/37/r London 52/41/pc 50/39/r Madrid 49/37/r 58/46/c Moscow 39/34/c 40/35/sn Paris 50/40/r 52/41/r Rome 61/47/t 57/48/r Stockholm 33/24/c 32/24/pc Vienna 63/42/pc 58/38/c Zurich 61/37/c 50/37/sh 48/33 57/38 53/35 52/33 58/33 60/44 60/43 59/41 55/37 59/42 58/40 41/24 45/27 42/31 56/37 59/39 51/31 53/41 55/40 50/37 52/35 44/27 48/26 48/37 43/26 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 AntelopeSchoolDistrict Kindergarten & Transitional Kindergarten REGISTRATION Date: Mon., March 6, 2017 Time: 9:00AM - 3:00 PM Place: Antelope School KindergartenAgeRequirement: 5yearsoldonorbeforeSept.1,2017 Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Age Requirements: 5 years old between Sept. 2 and Dec. 2, 2017 Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (ETK) 5 years old between Dec. 3, 2017 and Feb. 15, 2018 Please contact the school office for requirements PLEASE BRING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: * RESIDENTIAL VERIFICATION * BIRTH CERTIFICATE * IMMUNIZATIONS Ifyouhavequestionspleasecall 527-1272 CALIC#778199 GERBER 385-1153 HINKLE ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION, INC 235So.MainSt.,RedBluff 527-1657 FurnitureDepot MON.-FRI.9:00-6:00 SAT. 9:00-5:00 • SUN. 11:00-5:00 *"no sales tax" in reference to discount given equal to the amount of calculated sales tax. 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