Good morning, everyone. Thank you for coming to this panel. Eric, the Deputy Director or today we will discuss an issue that has been getting a bit of attention these days, School Choice and especially private School Choice. I know there is all sorts of forms of School Choice in this country and a lot of conversation about charters. In particular as well, but given the recent conversation and recent president ial election i think this is where we will do our primary focus, but we will allow time for other issues and is so forth School Vouchers and other voucher like programs, voucher cousins, if you will has been growing in numbers. The cousins would be like tax credit scholarships and Education Savings Account and the latter is what one proponent yesterday called the cool new kid on the block. As most of you know President Trump and secretary of education ours big fans of School Choice and a secretary betsy devos was to talk about choice and its made it the centerpiece of her educatio
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Through San Francisco. All of this will clear out and open up to sunny skies and a lot of warm temperatures. Right now its mild out there. 55 degrees for San Francisco, 59 oakland, and 61 in san jose. This is what it will look like around lunchtime. Its cooler and it hit 100 degrees. Again, its still going to be warm. You wont feel that much of a difference. Fairfield today, expecting to be 98 degrees around lunchtime. 76 for oakland, 87 degrees for san jose and a nice comfortable 65 for San Francisco. Ill let you know how long this heat trend will last, back to you. A Oakland Police officer is recovering in the hospital after she was shot at last night following a car accident. The officer was responding to a call at 9 30 and she was involved in a vehicle accident on 73rd avenue. A man approached the officers car and fired a shot. The bullet hit the police car, but the officer was not hit by a gunfire. There were several shots fired at the officer. We know the person has a gun, took t
Reporter it has cooled down and my thermometer is telling me it is only 75 degrees, but that is actually a daytime high. That was not the case earlier today in concord where it was getting into the triple digits. I came out here to see how some were keeping cool. But more importantly keeping safe. When it gets hot like saturday people have their own way of cooling down. I get the house and put it on the sprinkler and running it. Reporter if the sprinkler is not enough other state to deeper water. Before you do make sure you know how to swim or have a life vest on hand. They taught me how to swim and 7 feet and taught me how to say people. Reporter the cdc reports about everyday 10 people died from drowning across the country. Lifeguards check for signs of any struggle in the water and you could keep in mind. Anyone who looks like they are struggling at all. Under the water a little bit more than we are comfortable with someone who looks disoriented. Reporter it is also important to dri