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DC Schools Compete for First Daughters

Washington's elite institutions vie for first daughters

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 10, 2008 12:24 PM CST

(Newser) – As the Obamas head to Washington, the locals are abuzz about which private school might land first daughters Malia and Sasha. The Quaker school Sidwell Friends, Chelsea Clinton's alma mater, offers a host of big Beltway names, including some Biden grandkids. But many of them are Clintonites. “Imagine the tension on back-to-school night” when the Obamas would see former Hillary strategist Mark Penn, writes Gabriel Sherman for the Atlantic.

The philosophy of Georgetown Day School, Washington's first racially integrated school, matches that of the “liberal Eden” the girls currently attend in Chicago. The Maret School boasts a number of Obama-linked parents. And there’s always the chance they'd make a statement by going for a public school. In any case, Michelle is the decider. “No amount of sway will matter,” says a Maret parent. But one Sidwell parent confesses to passing Michelle a hand-written letter from her daughter to Malia, expressing hope that they'd be classmates.

President-elect Obama, center, kisses his daughter Malia as Sasha looks on as he dropped off his children at school in Chicago, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008.
President-elect Obama, center, kisses his daughter Malia as Sasha looks on as he dropped off his children at school in Chicago, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President-elect Obama, right, lifts his daughter Sasha, out of his vehicle as daughter Malia, looks on, as he dropped them off at school in Chicago, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008.
President-elect Obama, right, lifts his daughter Sasha, out of his vehicle as daughter Malia, looks on, as he dropped them off at school in Chicago, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle and their daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7,arrive on stage during his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago, Tuesday night, Nov. 4, 2008.
President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle and their daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7,arrive on stage during his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago, Tuesday night, Nov. 4, 2008.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., enters a rally at Parkview High School with daughters Malia Obama, 10, and Sasha Obama 7, in Springfield, Mo. Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., enters a rally at Parkview High School with daughters Malia Obama, 10, and Sasha Obama 7, in Springfield, Mo. Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
President-elect Barack Obama, left, his wife Michelle Obama, right, and two daughters, Sasha and Malia, center right, celebrate at the election night rally in Chicago, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008.
President-elect Barack Obama, left, his wife Michelle Obama, right, and two daughters, Sasha and Malia, center right, celebrate at the election night rally in Chicago, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Sasha Obama, 10, and Malia Obama, 7, the children of President-elect Obama, walk to school after their father dropped them off in Chicago, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008.
Sasha Obama, 10, and Malia Obama, 7, the children of President-elect Obama, walk to school after their father dropped them off in Chicago, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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