I just needed to get away from the White House for awhile. Who wants ice cream? (ap)

President Obama today took an unannounced trip to Viers Mill Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md. Viers was the first Title 1 school in Montgomery County to win the National Blue Ribbon (in 2005) for significantly closing the achievement gap between white and minority students.

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