Will Barron Trump, Donald Trump’s son, go to prom? Here’s how 5 other US first children did it, from Malia and Sasha Obama, to Bill Clinton’s daughter Chelsea

Apr 30 , 2022

Barron Trump, Donald Trump’s youngest son, is set to graduate from his high school in 2024 – but will he go to prom? Photo: @barronupdate/Instagram

Barron’s Oxbridge Academy peers threw a James Bond-themed event this year, but with secret service following him around, will he be able to go to his own prom in 2024?

Malia was embarrassed by her parents Michelle and Barack, while George W. Bush’s kids Jenna and Barbara were dumped and voted homecoming queen respectively

Barron Trump enrolled at Oxbridge Academy in 2021 as a grade 10 student and is expected to graduate in the class of 2024.

Barron Trump, son of Donald and Melania, currently attends Oxbridge Academy in Palm Beach, Florida. Photo: @barrontrumpmy/Instagram

His Palm Beach, Florida school Class of 2022 enjoyed a James Bond-themed prom this year. The Instagram account @oxbridgepromposals2022 documents how the school’s students ask each other to prom, and one particularly pertinent “promposal” appeared, reading: “You Trump every girl. Make prom great again with me?”

Barron Trump is a student at Oxbridge Academy, which costs about US$35,000 per year. Photo: Oxbridge Academy

But will Barron actually attend junior prom in 2023 or senior prom the following year?

While Barron is no longer living in Washington DC, he is still under secret service protection and the necessary protocol for children of presidents can get in the way of homecoming king and queen procedures. The school – which costs US$35,000 to attend for the year 2022-2023 – has confirmed that the secret service is on their 22-hectare campus, but said in an email to parents that “they want to have little impact on our day-to-day operations” while Barron attends.

But in 1975, Susan Ford – daughter of President Gerald Ford – found a way to get around those difficulties. Her Holton-Arms School classmates enjoyed their senior prom at the White House after she petitioned the chief usher Rex Scouten at the request of fellow students.

Here’s how other first children tackled their high school proms.

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