An elementary school near New York City changed its name to the Barack Obama Elementary School on Friday, effective immediately.

Similar efforts to rename schools, parks and streets are under way elsewhere around the country, the Assocaited Press reports, as communities pay tribute to the United States’ first black president, who takes office on Jan. 20.

Is this a fitting honor, given Obama’s achievement, or is it too early to enshrine the name of someone who has yet to prove himself in the White House?

You decide.