Illinois – Chicago To Name High School After President Obama

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    Chicago, IL – President Barack Obama’s hometown of Chicago plans to name a high school after him.

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    Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday announced plans to build Barack Obama College Preparatory High School. The selective enrollment high school will be open for the 2017-2018 school year. Chicago Public Schools says its enrollment will be 1,200 students.

    Emanuel and school officials say Chicago needs more competitive selective enrollment schools. They say nearly 16,500 students applied for 3,200 seats this school year. The Obama school will be the 11th selective enrollment high school in Chicago.

    School officials say the Obama school will open with a freshman class of 300 students. Subsequent grade levels will be added in following years.

    Chicago Public Schools is the nation’s third-largest school district, with 400,000 students in 658 schools.


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    Timmy
    Timmy
    10 years ago

    Will they teach how to vacation & play golf ?

    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    10 years ago

    Well of course they are. I would expect a school in Chicago and at least one more in Illinois. Some school districts name all their buildings after presidents. We can also expect a road in Chicago and at least one more in Honolulu. (I bet some town somewhere has a set of consecutive president-named streets.) Then of course there will be the presidential library and his charitable foundation.

    Just like all the other presidents.

    Shimon
    Shimon
    10 years ago

    Birth certificates not needed.
    School mascot will be the weasel.
    School colors: Red and Yellow
    Two AC units in each classroom due to global warming.
    No pledge of allegiance; only daily Koran readings.
    Economics requirement: Marxism
    Students who receive A’s will have to share their grades with the F students in order to level the playing field.
    School closes on Ramadan.
    Halal kitchen
    School world maps replace Israel with Palestine.
    School motto: “If you like your teacher, you can keep your teacher.”

    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    10 years ago

    I truly cannot believe anyone still gives any currency to that nonsense.