Another Barack Obama school opens

[chanel]

The first school in the D.C. area named after the current president opens Monday morning as the school year begins in Prince George's County.

Barack Obama Elementary School opens its doors in Upper Marlboro, Md., for the first time Monday. The school is being touted as being an environmentally friendly "green" school. There have been other schools named after President Obama in the country, but this will be a first in his own backyard in the D.C. region.

That's just one of several new initiatives for Prince George's Public Schools this year. The District also will open an all-male charter school in Upper Marlboro. Called Possibility Prep, the new school will emphasize math, science and engineering. Officials hope that the all-male environment will do away with many distractions and allow students to focus on their studies.

Barack Obama Elementary Opens in Maryland | NBC Washington

 

[Madeline]

How odd. Isn't it customary to name schools and public thingies after presidents who have finished serving (or better yet, died)?

This is akin to watching a "biography" on someone in their 20's who has not died.

 

[chanel]

Exactly I realize his election was "historic" but presidential historians don't even like to "rank" presidents until after they've died. Regardless of his policies, imagine if he has scandal like Monica Lewinsky. Stranger things have happened. Little kids would be getting quite an edumacation. Let the man at least finish his first term. The jury's still out.