As the Obama Watch continues to monitor his every move 24 hours a day, there's still some news that not everyone hears about. Then again, some of it isn't as relevant to people as how Obama looks in a sweat suit coming out of the gym after approximately 1 hour and 22 minutes.

But, here in DC, after an ugly city government takeover of the public school system and a lot of mudslinging in the past couple of years, and the battle between Chancellor Michelle Rhee and the teacher's union, and the recent firing of a principal after at least three teachers were assaulted recently — the thought of Barack and Michelle Obama sending their daughters to a DC public school is quite, well, hmmm...


Public school? Charter school? Private school? The Obamas defintely have a lot of options. And choosing the unexpected could send a signal, though there are many ways how it could be viewed.

They could be making a point that the public school systems in America can still be relied upon to give a first rate education, even for the first family. Or he could be showing his confidence in Chancellor Rhee's approach to how a school system can be run, which he did specifically point out her work during one of the debates. Or maybe it's that he has no idea the turmoil the DC public school system is going through right now.

But the odds still seem pretty long. The Obamas were recently seen visiting a couple of local private schools and their daughters do attend a private school in Chicago now. And one school that comes up frequently is the esteemed Georgetown Day School. Of course, the school was founded in 1945 as the first intergrated school in DC.