Effort To Name Public School After Barack Obama Runs Into Cold, Hard Reality
That reality being that not everybody worships Barack Obama.
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.
Stewart argued with several people during the heated gathering and insisted that many parents in the ethnically diverse school supported the plan.
But he abandoned the campaign Monday during another public hearing that drew 70 people.
Most reasonable people would rather wait until Obama has actually done something as President before we go naming buildings after him.
