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NY elementary school is renamed for Obama
NEW YORK (AP) - It was only a matter of time. A New York school has been renamed in honor of President-elect Barack Obama.
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The former Ludlum Elementary School, in Long Island's Hempstead Union Free School District, was renamed at a school board meeting Thursday—effective immediately.
School officials say most of the 440 students there are black or Hispanic, and Obama's victory is a source of great pride.
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