Presidential Visit
President Obama returns to Texas to kick off Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity tour
President Barack Obama will make Austin the first stop on his Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity tour. Rumors had been swirling about where the president would visit during the first of many national trips focused on economic growth. But now it is confirmed: On Thursday, May 9, Obama will visit Manor New Tech High School, which focuses on the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and is built on the New Technology Network model of project-based learning.
The White House press office described Manor New Tech as an educational institution "where students are learning the real-world skills they need to fill the jobs that are available right now."
"In his State of the Union, the president laid out his belief that the middle class is the engine of economic growth. To reignite that engine, there are three areas we need to invest in: 1) jobs, 2) skills 3) opportunity," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told ABC News.
Reuters reports that Obama will also "visit a technology company, and will talk with entrepreneurs and workers about proposals he made earlier this year to boost jobs and training." Details of where and when have yet to emerge.
This visit marks the Obamas' return to the Lone Star State in less than a month. President Obama and First Lady Michelle traveled to Dallas for the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center and to Waco for a service memorializing those lost in the West fertilizer plant explosion.