Emanuel backs away from naming school after Obama

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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Thursday he has scuttled his plan to name a new high school after President Barack Obama.

Emanuel, Obama’s former White House chief of staff, said in a statement that the decision to back away from naming the school after his former boss comes after listening to “questions and concerns from the community…”

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