At the request of students, Ludlum Elementary School in Long Island, NY’s Hempstead Union Free School District was re-named Barack Obama Elementary School in honor of President-Elect Obama.

“Just to watch these kids after the board voted on what they asked them to do, they were so elated,” school district superintendent Dr. Joseph Laria told ABC News. “You want to talk about ‘Yes we can?’ That was a lesson in democracy.”