I'm sorry -- this just shouldn't be done.

President Obama's name would grace a new Prince George's County elementary school a few miles from the White House under a proposal scheduled for a vote tonight, barely five months after he took office.

If the Prince George's Board of Education approves the plan, Barack Obama Elementary School would be the first in the Washington region named after the president. The school is under construction outside the Capital Beltway in Upper Marlboro and is slated for completion by year's end.

No, my objection is not to the honoree. I simply don't feel comfortable with naming schools after living individuals -- and certainly not after people still in public office. We don't know what the future holds for Barack Obama -- will he prove wildly successful as a president, or will he be impeached and removed in disgrace? And especially given that Barack Obama will be running for reelection in 2012, this creates a potential for a real problem -- just imagine the issues that would arise if a polling place were located in Barack Obama Elementary school while Barack Obama was on the ballot.

And yes, I think there should not have been any schools named after George W. Bush while he was in office -- and I object to the schools named after living individuals in my district.