SDN Menteng 1 School

Jakarta


Barack Obama attended this government-run elementary school from 1969 to 1971. It's in a fairly posh neighbourhood and is known as the school of choice for many of Jakarta's business and government elite. There's a plaque recalling his attendance near the entrance, plus a statue of him as a boy.


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