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...The Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in Northern California will close for extensive renovations and open next year as Michelle Obama Elementary.
...Students at Princeton University, where Wilson served as president before his White House bid in 1912, protested to change the name of the prestigious Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, but trustees voted to keep the name intact.
...Officials at the California elementary school to be named after Obama said the first African American first lady has been a role model for students.
...There's already a Michelle Obama Elementary School in Panorama City, Calif., as well as a Michelle Obama School of Technology and the Arts in Park Forest, Ill. Former President Obama has a few schools named after him as well.
...There is also a school named after both of them: Barack and Michelle Obama Elementary, in St. Paul, Minn. Published on Feb 13, 2020.
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