Mayor Kevin Johnson announced he would be travelling everywhere from Sacramento Elementary Schools to New York City in a press conference Tuesday. Johnson made it clear that education is on his long term agenda.

Johnson visited Oak Ridge and Sequoia elementary schools for their first day of school Tuesday to participate in back-to-school rallies. He also announced his desire to take a more active role in schools, perhaps even creating an "education liaison" position.

The position would help work on five issues of reform for city's schools announced in his recent White Paper Document: improving school accountability, increasing school choices, supporting educators, engaging and empowering parents and leveraging external resources.

He also announced his travel plans for the next week.

Johnson will be traveling to New York on Thursday to meet with Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He will meet with 15 other mayors from around the country and speak about a national service day on Sept. 11. It will be the first national service day around the country in memory of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Sacramento will be holding its own Sept. 11th Day of Service and Remembrance ceremony at noon in Northgate Park, located at 2825 Mendell Way.

Next Monday, Sept. 15, Johnson will be traveling to San Diego to spend time with Mayor Jerry Sanders and tour the Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego's shopping, entertainment, dining and business district. He wants to look at some of the successes of the district to find out what he can bring back when looking at developing Sacramento's J, K and L street corridors.