Obama's Daughters Start First Day At Sidwell Followed By Motorcade

President-elect Barack Obama's daughters, Sasha and Malia, started their first day of school on Monday.

Along with a motorcade of U.S. Secret Service agents, Michelle Obama accompanied the girls to the Sidwell Friends School - which counts Chelsea Clinton as an alum — CNN reports.

Sasha, 7, is in second grade and attending the elementary school campus in Bethesda, Maryland, while Malia, 10, is in fifth grade and attending the Sidwell Friends middle school campus in Washington, DC. (Current tuition: $28,442 for Sasha's elementary school; $29,442 for Malia's middle school.)


"A number of great schools were considered," Katie McCormick Lelyveld, a spokeswoman for Michelle Obama, has said of the girls' education. "In the end, the Obamas selected the school that was the best fit for what their daughters need right now."
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