Melania Trump and son may stay in NYC, for now

President-elect and his wife are wary of pulling 10-year-old Barron out of school in the middle of the academic year, official says

Republican president-elect Donald Trump embraces his wife Melania Trump, as their son Barron looks on, during his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown in the early morning hours of November 9, 2016 in New York City. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s wife Melania and young son Barron will probably stay in New York when the president-elect moves into the White House, the transition team suggested Sunday.

The parents are wary of pulling their son out of school now, team communications director Jason Miller told reporters.

“There’s obviously sensitivity to pulling their 10-year-old out of school in the middle of the school year. A more formal statement will be coming in the future,” Miller said.

He was responding to a New York Post report that Melania Trump, 46, and her son will keep living in Trump Tower at least until the end of the school year so the boy can continue attending his private school in Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

Trump will be sworn in as president on January 20.

US presidents have lived in and worked at the White House since John Adams took up residence there in 1800.

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