The latest news in Mr. Obama Goes to Washington is that his unusual request to stay at the Blair House before his inauguration was denied. Sources say that the family wants their two daughters to start their new private school on Dec 5th.
Presumably they will start school on time, but the Obamas will need to find another place to crash, as the Blair House is slated for use during that time. Perhaps by adoring throngs of citizens who don't notice or care about the hypocrisy in sending your little girls to an elite private school while selling sub-par public education to the rest of us.
Obama's two daughters — 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha — will be attending Sidwell Friends School. The conflicting schedule means that classes start almost two weeks before Obama's inauguration.
A second Obama aide said the family remains optimistic the transition from Chicago to Washington would be smooth, regardless of living location.
Sidwell is a private Quaker school with a campus in northwest Washington for grades 5-12 and another in suburban Bethesda, Md., for kindergarten through fourth grade. Malia is in fifth grade and Sasha is in second grade.
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