P-D:
New school named for Obama opens in struggling Normandy School District
PINE LAWN • Naming a new elementary school after President Barack Obama proved at the school’s dedication ceremony Sunday to be appropriate in more ways than one for the struggling Normandy School District.
The idea to name the school after the nation’s first African-American president came from the students.
“Barack Obama Elementary School represents the hopes and aspirations of the students who will go to school here,” said Superintendent Stanton Lawrence.
The pristine 65,000-square-foot school in Pine Lawn also represents hope for a district teetering on the edge of losing state accreditation and a community riddled with poverty and crime.
Really? Count me shocked. The good news is that nobody can draw a metaphor between the Normandy District and the country at large.
Or maybe you can — Normandy used to be THE premiere and most desirable school district in North County, a very long and whiter time ago.
