A little over two weeks after he was inaugurated president, Barack Obama already has a school named after him. Yesterday Ludlum Elementary School in Hempstead officially changed its name to Barack Obama Elementary. The students in the school made a push for the name change soon after Obama's victory in a movement the school's superintendent called "a lesson in democracy." Yesterday they held a ceremony to reveal the new sign at what's thought to be the first school named after the new president. Students were hoping that Obama may have made a surprise visit, but understood that the president is busy. Fifth-grader Esta Thomas told Newsday, "Now that the sign is up we are now officially stars in the sky. We are leaders today."
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