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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/392551-elementary-school-to-be-named-after-barack-obamaConn. elementary school to be named after Barack Obama
By Aris Folley - 06/15/18 04:23 PM EDT
A new elementary school in Connecticut is being named in honor former President Obama.
According to the Associated Press, public school administrators in the New Haven district joined with civic leaders and officials in the community for the name of Barack H. Obama Magnet University School.
The 64,000-square-foot school is expected to hold roughly 500 students from pre-kindergarten to the fourth grade.
The magnet school will replace the former Strong 21st Century Communications School and is scheduled to open its doors in fall 2019.
New Haven Superintendent Carol Birks told AP the district hopes to further Obamas commitment to urban education.
Southern Connecticut State University students will also reportedly have an opportunity to gain an in-class experience at the magnet school.
According to the news agency, the $45 million school is believed to be the first in New England to have been named in honor of the former president.
Last year, a public school in Mississippi that was originally named after Confederate President Jefferson Davis announced it would be renamed to honor Obama.
The name change last year arrived amid an ongoing debate over the removal of Confederate statues in various cities across the country.
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babylonsister
Jun 2018
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Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. well sh(t you just know that this will set off Trump on a marketing campaign to get 5 name for him..
good for the President though.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)3. A nearby town has a pretty smelly refuse center...
They could name it the Trump Dump.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)2. Named for a man of great dignity & honor
handmade34
(22,759 posts)4. good!