L.I. school cancels school name change to Obama

[Midnight Mike]

BARACK NAME LOSES 'CLASS' ON LI

SCHOOL NIXES CHANGE TO 'OBAMA ELEMENTARY'

December 25, 2008

They said NO-bama.

A proposal to change the name of a Long Island public school to Barack Obama Elementary was scrapped this week after running into fierce public opposition.

Cristobal Stewart, a trustee of the school district in Valley Stream, first broached the idea of renaming the Clear Stream Avenue Elementary School in November to commemorate Obama's electoral triumph.

But the plan was met with loud resistance at a Nov. 24 hearing. Town residents and parents argued that the existing name, in place since 1924, represented a long and proud tradition that shouldn't be tinkered with.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12252008/ne ... 145829.htm (http://www.nypost.com/seven/12252008/news/regionalnews/barack_name_loses_class_on_li_145829.htm)

[Derf]

Good, He should be found GREAT...or Dead to be put on a school. Just Being black an a president is an accomplishment second to none, but to name a school now would be dumb...Just imagine a what if "he cheats or is found with a prostitute....and his name IS on a school. There are a lot of what if's but he has not proved anything yet.

P.S. I think he WILL prove him self to be a great man, great president and completely worthy....but I have been wrong before and will be again....ONLY TIME WILL TELL - He has my blessings