Felicia Solomon, 34, came to Washington for the presidential inauguration with the students of Southeast Elementary School in Kinston, N.C., on her mind.
Solomon, 34, is principal of the school, where the student body is largely African-American and largely economically disadvantaged. She says the staff of Southeast Elementary has been struggling to improve school facilities and raise the students' test scores.
Solomon, who is African-American, says the 2008 presidential election has been an inspiration to her and her students. The students are in the midst of planning a celebration of Obama's inauguration to be held this Friday afternoon.
In fact, owing to the campaign's theme, the school changed its motto to "Yes We Can ... Dreams Do Come True."
And Solomon said part of the reason she decided to travel to the inauguration was that she felt "my coming here would charge and encourage my students."
"The entire weekend that I've been here I've really been thinking of all of them," Solomon said. "And I can't wait to get back to them, because I'm quite sure they'll tell me they think they saw me in all of this."
-- Emily Cadei
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