Posted on November 26, 2008
Tacoma School May Be Named for Obama
AP, November 25, 2008
A new middle school under construction in Tacoma could be named for president-elect Barack Obama.
But district policy on school names requires people to be dead at least two years or to have already served a presidential term.
Superintendent Art Jarvis asked the school board to alter the policy at the Dec. 11 meeting and put Obama’s name in the running.
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